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Meaning of "biopirate" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BIOPIRATE

biopirate  [ˈbaɪəʊˌpaɪrət] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BIOPIRATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Biopirate is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BIOPIRATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of biopirate in the English dictionary

The definition of biopirate in the dictionary is one accountable for biological theft.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BIOPIRATE


barrat
ˈbærət
carat
ˈkærət
carrot
ˈkærət
centumvirate
senˈtʌmvɪrət
claret
ˈklærət
curat
ˈkjuːrət
electret
ɪˈlɛktrət
Garrett
ˈɡærət
garrot
ˈɡærət
governorate
ˈɡʌvənərət
karat
ˈkærət
Margaret
ˈmɑːɡrət
Meerut
ˈmɪərət
morat
ˈmɔːrət
noncorporate
ˌnɒnˈkɔːpərət
nondegenerate
ˌnɒndɪˈdʒɛnərət
parrot
ˈpærət
quadrat
ˈkwɒdrət
rectorate
ˈrektərət
valerate
ˈvælərət

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BIOPIRATE

biopesticide
biopharmaceutical
biophilia
biophor
biophysical
biophysically
biophysicist
biophysics
biopic
biopiracy
bioplasm
bioplasmic
bioplast
biopoiesis
biopolymer
bioprinting
bioprivacy
bioprospecting
biopsic
biopsies

WORDS THAT END LIKE BIOPIRATE

accurate
amirate
aspirate
at any rate
corporate
deaspirate
decemvirate
duumvirate
emirate
evirate
First Triumvirate
irate
levirate
perspirate
pirate
quadrumvirate
Second Triumvirate
septemvirate
triumvirate
vizirate

Synonyms and antonyms of biopirate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «biopirate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BIOPIRATE

Find out the translation of biopirate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of biopirate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «biopirate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

biopirate
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

biopirata
570 millions of speakers

English

biopirate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

biopirate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

biopirate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

biopirate
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

biopirate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

biopirate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

biopirate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Biopirat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

biopirate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

biopirate
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

biopirate
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Biopirat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biopirate
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

biopirate
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बायोपायरेट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

biopirate
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

biopirate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

biopirate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

biopirate
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

biopirate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

biopirate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

biopirate
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

biopirate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

biopirate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of biopirate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BIOPIRATE»

The term «biopirate» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.821 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of biopirate
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BIOPIRATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «biopirate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «biopirate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about biopirate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIOPIRATE»

Discover the use of biopirate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to biopirate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Pirate Organization: Lessons from the Fringes of Capitalism
Biopirate. Organizations:The. Venter. Case. Craig Venter's exploits date back to the beginning of the 1990s. At the time, he decided to register patents on the genes whose sequencing he was overseeing at the National Institutes of Health ...
Rodolphe Durand, Jean-Philippe Vergne, 2013
2
Bio-Punk:
BioPirate. K. J. Orr THORPE HEARS THE rumour scouting at a conference. Recessionera conferences are something else; desperation in the air ever more familiar faces gone and everyone trying to make their mark. That said, he is no ...
Jane Feaver, Simon Ings, Annie Kirby, 2013
3
Ancient, Strange, and Lovely
—from “Chromosome Snap,” by Osmotic Creep You think you're all that virtuous But you're a pirate like the rest of us. Pirate, Biopirate, Plundering the Earth. — from “Biopirate,” by Radioactive Fish Way Fused Out Eugene, Oregon “I think I'm  ...
Susan Fletcher, 2011
4
The Megarhetorics of Global Development
Thus the visual rhetoric of the top-hatted capitalist biopirate running away with seeds is a reminder of a legacy of British colonial exploitation continued under a new neoliberal “hat”: multinational corporations intent on patenting seeds ...
J. Blake Scott, Rebecca Ann Dingo, 2012
5
The End of the River: Dams, Drought and Déjà Vu on the Rio ...
I WAS A BIOPIRATE INTHAILAND In 1985, three years after the debacle in the Philippines, I walked through U.S. customs in Los Angeles carrying a duffel bag stuffed with leaves. The leaves were still fresh. They came from a tree that grows in ...
Brian Harvey, 2008
6
Biotechnology and the Challenge of Property: Property Rights ...
Second, in the absence of a positive norm of a state violated by a biopirate, is it fair that s/he should keep the fruits of a morally problematic act? Should a biopirate be allowed to keep the financial rewards from the genetic resources s/ he ...
Remigius N. Nwabueze, 2007
7
New Scientist
Photography: Pal hansen Branded a biopirate, Conrad Gorinsky says he was trying to preserve indigenous knowledge, not steal it Peruvian Amazon with the first luggable computer, the Osborne l, and began helping villagers along the ...
8
Transnational law & contemporary problems
clearer. Thereby a potential biopirate is more likely to realize that a living organism is protected. 2. The Prior Informed Consent Model as Applied to the Database Scheme Under the indigenous knowledge and biodiversity database scheme, ...
9
Feminist Rhetorical Resilience
Thus, the visual rhetoric of the tophatted capitalist biopirate running awaywith seedsisareminder ofacolonial legacyof British exploitation continued under a new neoliberal“hat”: multinational corporations intent on patenting seeds developed by ...
Elizabeth A Flynn, Patricia Sotirin, Ann Brady, 2013
10
Bodies for Sale: Ethics and Exploitation in the Human Body Trade
Indeed, this may well be an a priori truth, since in order to qualify as a biopirate ( as opposed to an 'innocent' scientist) some kind of harmful and/or disrespectful behaviour is required. But again, it isn't patenting per se which is disturbing, but ...
Stephen Wilkinson, 2004

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIOPIRATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term biopirate is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Restrictions Governing International Trade In Genetic Resources …
In addition to being tarred in the international media as a "biopirate," those who allegedly fail to comply may be subject to enforcement actions ... «Mondaq News Alerts, Oct 14»
2
Biopiracy: what are the risks for the cosmetics industry?
The chances are even higher because the attitude of the biopirate is then perceived as being at odds with the ethical, responsible and ... «Premium beauty, Jun 10»
3
Town like Alice takes on German 'biopirate'
An SA community is to challenge German homeopathic giant Schwabe Pharmaceuticals in court over a traditional medicine the company wants ... «Mail & Guardian Online, Jan 10»
4
Trials of a Primatologist
The Brazilian press, he said, "is calling me the ëbiggest biopirate of the Amazon.'" He reached into a briefcase and extracted a photocopy of a letter he'd ... «Smithsonian, Jan 08»
5
Biopirates Walk the Plank
... in March was put on the plank for its reported plans to help geneticist -- and accused "biopirate" -- Craig Venter put searchable genes online. «AlterNet, Jun 06»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Biopirate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/biopirate>. May 2024 ».
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