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- Pirate is the most general of the four terms. Originating with the Greek peiratēs, meaning brigand, it can be applied to a wide range of nautical misbehavior, including coastal raiding and intercepting ships on high seas. Robbery, kidnapping, and murder all qualify as piratical activities, provided there’s some water and a boat involved.
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Pirate is the most general of the four terms. Originating with the Greek peiratēs , meaning brigand , it can be applied to a wide range of nautical misbehavior, including coastal raiding and intercepting ships on high seas.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Pirates. See also Category:Privateers. Piracy and privateering overlap, but are not the same. For explanations of each term see pirate and privateer . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pirates.
A comprehensive glossary of pirate terms and their meanings, historical info, plus some words about famous pirates. Arr!
This is a list of known pirates, buccaneers, corsairs, privateers, river pirates, and others involved in piracy and piracy-related activities. This list includes both captains and prominent crew members. For a list of female pirates, see women in piracy. For pirates of fiction or myth, see list of fictional pirates .
- Rock The Vote
- Be Smart: Don’T Steal from Pirates
- Mind The Curfew
- Never Bring Your Date Home
- Stand by Your Hearties
- Settle Disputes Onshore
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- Remember: Rank Has Its Privileges
- Give The Band A Break
“Every man shall have an equal vote in affairs of moment. He shall have an equal title to the fresh provisions or strong liquors at any time seized, and shall use them at pleasure unless a scarcity makes it necessary for the common good that a retrenchment may be voted.”
“Every man shall be called fairly in turn by the list on board of prizes, because over and above their proper share, they are allowed a shift of clothes. But if they defraud the company to the value of even one dollar in plate, jewels, or money, they shall be marooned. If any man rob another, he shall have his nose and ears slit, and be put ashore ...
“The lights and candles shall be put out at eight at night, and if any of the crew desire to drink after that hour they shall sit upon the open deck without lights.”
“No boy or woman [shall] be allowed amongst them. If any man shall be found seducing one of the latter sex and carrying her to sea in disguise, he shall suffer death.”
“He that shall desert the ship or his quarters in the time of battle shall be punished by death or marooning.”
“None shall strike another on board the ship, but every man's quarrel shall be ended onshore by sword or pistol in this manner: at the word of command from the Quartermaster, each man being previously placed back to back, shall turn and fire immediately. If any man do not, the Quartermaster shall knock the piece out of his hand. If both miss their ...
“Every man who shall become a cripple or lose a limb in the service shall have eight hundred pieces of eight from the common stock, and for lesser hurts proportionately.” NOTE: Pieces of eight weren’t just for pirates. These Spanish coins once enjoyed widespread international use & were even acceptedas legal tender in the U.S. until 1857.
“The Captain and the Quartermastershall each receive two shares of a prize, the Master Gunner and Boatswain,one and one half shares, all other officers one and one quarter, and private gentlemen of fortune one share each.”
“The musicians shall have rest on the Sabbath Day only, by right, on all other days, by favor only.”
Category Pirates is the authority on Category Creation and Category Design, sharing principles, frameworks, and case studies for the radically different.
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