air piracy
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Outraged European Union authorities denounced the action as air piracy and imposed more sanctions on the country.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2021
Robinson pleaded guilty to attempting to intimidate a pilot, a far less serious charge than air piracy.
From Slate • Jun. 13, 2013
Nawaz was tried and convicted on charges of air piracy after he refused to let the plane carrying Musharraf, who had been abroad, land in Pakistan during the last hours of his presidency.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since 1970,14 cases of air piracy have been reported in the Soviet Union.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though no West Germans were involved in the hijacking, the government asserted that Hamadei could be prosecuted for murder and air piracy under international antiterrorism conventions.
From Time Magazine Archive
