pirate attacks
Seaborne criminal strikes
Pirate attacks are armed assaults on ships at sea by pirates seeking to rob, hijack, or hold vessels and crew for ransom.
Modern pirate attacks occur primarily in waters off Somalia, the Gulf of Guinea, and Southeast Asia: The shipping company rerouted vessels to avoid pirate attacks.
The phrase also describes digital piracy campaigns against copyrighted content.
- raidSudden armed incursion
- plunderGoods seized violently
- armed robberyTheft with weapon threat
- boardingEntering a vehicle
- hijackingForcible seizure mid-transit
ransom · Somali · cutlass · walking the plank · Jolly Roger · skull and crossbones · black flag · hostage · maritime · high seas · ambush · buccaneers · looting · gunfire · vessel · merchant ship · cargo · sea
- Puerto RicoSan Juan, Puerto Rico, Carolina, Old San Juan, Arecibo
- piracytorrents, buccaneers, looting, keygen, torrent
- Somali piracyhijacking, ransom, hostages, skiffs, kidnapping
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