Pirate ships often flew the flag of a friendly country as they sailed toward the ship they planned to rob.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

You can't call--we know Odysseus himself is a basileus-- him a merchant. Pirate, sure, but merchant, no.

我们都知道奥德修斯是君主,我们不能,叫他商人,海盗没问题,但商人绝对不行

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He wasn't insulted. "No, I'm not a pirate, but I could've been, of course.

这是很正常的,"我不是个海盗,但我可以成为一个海盗

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The International Maritime Bureau reports there were one hundred eleven pirate attacks in waters near the Somali coast last year.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

There is a possibility of pirate attacks wherever there is poverty,shipping traffic and relatively little law enforcement.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

They raised the pirate flag -- with its picture of a skull and crossed bones.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

The remaining pirate surrendered.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

She says she believes Muse was tricked into becoming a pirate by men who falsely promised him money.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

The U.S.Navy and the navies of dozens of other countries are patrolling the narrow waterway to deter ship hijackings-for-ransom by pirate gangs.

VOA: standard.2010.01.07

He says he is a pirate on board the cargo ship al-Mizan, which was seized by pirates.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Of almost 300 pirate attacks the maritime organization recorded for 2008, more than 100 took place on the high seas off Somalia's coast.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

But Ahmed the alleged pirate whose phone number was given to VOA by the agent operating the ship, says no arms are on board.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Experts say it is the longest range of a pirate attack off the Somali coast yet.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

She says 15 days after he disappeared, she heard on the radio that her son had been captured by the Americans as a suspected pirate.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

Worldwide,the number of pirate attacks increased by 11 percent, and the bureau said the boom came from the Gulf of Aden, the stretch of the Arab Sea separating Somalia from Yemen.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30

From the central Somali town of Galkayo, the mother of the alleged pirate, Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse, appealed to President Barack Obama to release her son, whom she described as a "talented boy" and "a good student."

VOA: standard.2009.04.22