PIRATE: How to sign "pirate" in American Sign Language:

 

PIRATE:


[Graphic credit: Generated via the images feature in ChatGPT 5.2 via prompting by Ann M. Ezzell]
 

The general sign for "pirate"* in ASL is done by placing the fingers of the palm-back dominant hand over the dominant eye.
[*As in a person who is a pirate.]

This sign is also commonly used in context to refer to the National Football League team known as "The Raiders".
 

 



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