warez

/ wɛəz; ˈwɛrɛz; ˈwarɛz /

noun

1. informal.
   illegally copied computer software which has had its protection codes de-activated

Word History and Origins

Origin of warez¹

C20: possibly from ( soft ) ware and influenced by the anglicized pronunciation of Juarez , a Mexican city known for smuggling

Example Sentences

Yet a broad search of dark web channels, like the Pirate Warez website, an underground forum for pirated goods, didn’t yield anything meaningful when searching for “manuscripts,” “unpublished” or “upcoming book,” or the titles of several purloined manuscripts.

From New York Times

In April, she created the group “Seattle Warez Kiddies” on the site Meetup - the month after prosecutors say she began hacking Capital One.

From Washington Times

The programming group she once ran on Meetup.com, dubbed “Seattle Warez Kiddies,” no longer exists.

From Washington Post

Thompson appears to have boasted about the stolen data in a Slack channel, according to screenshots shared in the court documents, which was linked in a Meetup.com group she hosted called Seattle Warez Kiddies, described as an event for “anybody with an appreciation for distributed systems, programming, hacking, cracking.”

From Slate

It’s sort of like the jump from professional bootleggers trafficking tracks on Warez forums to the peer-to-peer network of Napster.

From The Verge