warez

English

Alternative forms

• juarez (Internet slang)

Etymology

• A leet form of "wares", as a contraction of "software".

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(r)z
• Homophones: wears, where's (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

warez (usually uncountable, plural warez)

1. (Internet slang, leetspeak) Software that is illegally obtained or distributed.

   Hey dude, I've got some cool new warez! https://plus.google.com/collection/gkCvUF

Translations

software illegally obtained or distributed

• Georgian: ვარეზი (varezi) (colloquial)
• Japanese: 割れ (ware), 割れもの (waremono), ワレズ (warezu)

• Russian: варез (ru) (varez)

Verb

warez (third-person singular simple present warezes, present participle warezing, simple past and past participle warezed)

1. (Internet slang, leetspeak) To obtain a copy of (software or other works of authorship) illegally.
   • 2002, John Lettice, in The Register [1]

     MS turns up heat on warezed WinXP copies

   • 2004, Timothy Lord, in Slashdot [2]

     Warezed SoundForge Files In Windows Media Player

Translations

copy illegally

• Finnish: warettaa (fi)

• Japanese: 割る (ja) (waru)