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stealing cargo and other valuable goods. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, and vessels used for piracy are called pirate ships. The earliest...

conception of pirates as depicted in popular culture is derived largely, although not always accurately, from the Golden Age of Piracy. Factors contributing...

Piracy off the coast of Somalia occurs in the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channel, and Somali Sea, in Somali territorial waters and other surrounding places...

Look up Pirate, pirate, or piracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A pirate is a person who commits acts of piracy at sea without the authorization...

Philippines and effectively suppressed piracy.: 12  The pirate ships used by the Moros include various designs like the paraw, pangayaw, garay, and lanong...

Caribbean began hunting and prosecuting pirates. The period during which pirates were most successful was from the 1650s to the 1730s. Piracy flourished in the...

increase of pirates being compared to piracy off the coast of Somalia due to the similar socioeconomic origins. In 2016, former fishermen became pirates, appearing...

Age of Piracy for about twelve years from 1706 until 1718. While it was not a republic in a formal sense, it was governed by an informal pirate code, which...

Golden Age of Piracy. Some women have been pirate captains and some have commanded entire pirate fleets. Among the most powerful pirate women were figures...

Copyright infringement (at times referred to as piracy) is the use of works protected by copyright without permission for a usage where such permission...

creates favorable conditions for piracy. Pirate havens were places where pirates could find shelter, protection, support, and trade. These havens were often...

capture. Piracy in the Strait of Malacca was not only a lucrative way of life but also an important political tool. Rulers relied on the region's pirates to...

This is a list of pirate films and TV series, primarily in the pirate film genre, about the Golden Age of Piracy from the 17th through 18th centuries....

term 'Piracy in Indonesia' includes both cases of Indonesian pirates hijacking other cargo and tanks, as well as the high rate of practising piracy within...

Air pirates (or sky pirates) are a class of stock character from science fiction and fantasy. Such characters typically operate as pirates in the air,...

This is a list of known pirates, buccaneers, corsairs, privateers, river pirates, and others involved in piracy and piracy-related activities. This list...

2024 in piracy included 33 reports of maritime piracy and armed robbery against ships to the International Maritime Bureau during the first quarter of...

Takedown Piracy LLC, Amateur Teen Kingdom, and International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). On 10 August 2013, The Pirate Bay announced...

This timeline of the history of piracy in the 1680s is a chronological list of key events involving pirates between 1680 and 1689. Bartholomew Sharp embarks...

Online piracy or software piracy is the practice of downloading and distributing copyrighted works digitally without permission, such as music or software...