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warez en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /wɑːɹɛz/ (uncommon)
  • /wɛə(ɹ)z/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

The leetspeak form of wares, as a contraction of software.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, Leet, dated, uncountable, usually) Software that is illegally obtained or distributed.
    • Warez appeared in the 1980s with the advent of Bulletin Board Systems. 2012, Eric Diehl, Securing Digital Video […] , Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 16:
    • Too many gamers see nothing wrong with downloading “warez” (usually pronounced “wares,” but also “wah-rez”), retail software products that have been “ripped” to make them smaller and remove copy protection. 1999 April, T. Liam McDonald, “WaReZ the Logic?”, in Maximum PC, →ISSN, page 41:
    • By the end of the day Mad Hatter, a ringleader of the software piracy group called the Inner Circle, will have poured 300 Mbytes of illegal “warez” onto the Internet. 1997 April 1, David McCandless, “Warez Wars”, in Wired, →ISSN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
juarez Internet, alternative lexicographic
warez Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (7)

ja 割れ (software illegally obtained or distributed) · ja 割れもの (software illegally obtained or distributed) · ko 와레즈 (software illegally obtained or distributed) · pl warez (software illegally obtained or distributed) · ru варез (software illegally obtained or distributed) · ka ვარეზი (software illegally obtained or distributed) · ja ワレズ (software illegally obtained or distributed)

warez en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /wɑːɹɛz/ (uncommon)
  • /wɛə(ɹ)z/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

The leetspeak form of wares, as a contraction of software.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, Leet, dated) To obtain a copy of (software or other works of authorship) illegally.
    • 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. 2002 June 7, John Lettice, “MS turns up heat on warezed WinXP copies”, in The Register:
    • Warezed SoundForge Files In Windows Media Player [title] 2004 November 12, Timothy Lord, “Warezed SoundForge Files In Windows Media Player”, in Slashdot:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
warezed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
warezed Tense=Past lexicographic
warezing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
juarez Internet, alternative lexicographic
warezes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (2)

fi warettaa (copy illegally) · ja 割る (copy illegally)