Warez are copyrighted works distributed without fees or royalties, and may be traded, in general violation of copyright law. Warez are generally unauthorized releases by organized groups, as opposed to file sharing between friends or large groups of people with similar interest using a darknet. Warez are not usually commercial software counterfeit...
Any means to use software without paying for it, details ...
illegally obtained software
An expression used by software pirates typically referring to a cracked (stripped) copyrighted game, application, or file.