warez

English

Alternative forms

• juarez (Internet slang)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(r)z
• Homophones: wares, 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!

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)