'Pirates' are, etymologically, 'attempters' — from Greek 'peiran' (to try). Crime as audacity.
The practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea; the unauthorized use or reproduction of copyrighted material.
From Medieval Latin 'pīrātia,' from Greek 'peirateia' (piracy), from 'peiratēs' (one who attacks, a pirate), from 'peiran' (to attempt, to try, to attack), from Proto-Indo-European '*per-' (to try, to risk). The Greek word literally means 'one who makes an attempt' — specifically, an attempt on someone else's property. The euphemistic mildness of the etymology is striking: pirates
The words 'pirate,' 'experience,' 'experiment,' and 'peril' all share the same Greek root 'peiran' (to try, to attempt). An experience is something you have gone through (tried), an experiment is an attempt to find out, a peril is a risk (an attempt against you), and a pirate is someone who attempts to take what is yours. They are all fundamentally about trying.