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Definition of Pirates
1. pirate [v] - See also: pirate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pirates
Literary usage of Pirates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Victrola Book of the Opera: Stories of the Operas with Illustrations by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1921)
"The Police arrive to help Frederic"jug" the pirates, and Frederic bids Mabel
goodbye. The Pirate King and Ruth, however, interfere with his plans by ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1912)
"The state courts of New York have decided that such taking is not lawful, but is
to be deemed the act of pirates or assailing thieves, although the act of ..."
3. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"changed by the influx of steady, law-abiding English dissenters under Blake, and
by the immigration of large numbers of Huguenots. The pirates became ..."
4. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1905)
"Every maritime State ment. has by a customary rule of the Law of Nations the
right to punish pirates. And the vessels of all nations, whether men-of-war, ..."
5. Old Virginia and Her Neighbours by John Fiske (1897)
"The pirates became unpopular, and the year 1699 witnessed the hanging of seven
of them at Charleston. As the colony yearly grew stronger and the ..."
6. Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the Olden Time: In the Olden by John Fanning Watson (1857)
"William Clark, the collector of customs "down the Delaware," at Lewistown I
presume, had his house robbed by pirates, as he alleged. In 1699, Isaac Norris, ..."
7. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1866)
"In the first case, there can be no doubt the pirates?"" property ought to be
restored to the original owner; for as pirates have no lawful right to make ..."
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