warez
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
The leetspeak form of wares, as a contraction of software.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /wɛə(ɹ)z/, (uncommon) /wɑːɹɛz/
Audio (US) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z
- Homophones: wares, wears, where's (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Noun edit
warez (usually uncountable, plural warez)
Translations edit
software illegally obtained or distributed
Verb edit
warez (third-person singular simple present warezes, present participle warezing, simple past and past participle warezed)
- (Internet slang, leetspeak, dated) To obtain a copy of (software or other works of authorship) illegally.
- 2002 June 7, John Lettice, “MS turns up heat on warezed WinXP copies”, in The Register[2]:
- Many of these keys are, obviously, being used by people who've warezed XP, but there's also a reasonably large number of software professionals and refuseniks who have used them even though they have a legitimately bought version of XP.
- 2004 November 12, Timothy Lord, “Warezed SoundForge Files In Windows Media Player”, in Slashdot[3]:
- Warezed SoundForge Files In Windows Media Player [title]