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Despite the mystery and conflicting legends about his background, we know 1783 marked a turning point in which Gaspar became a pirate and established a pirate den in Charlotte Harbor on the west coast of Florida north of Fort Myers.

The superhero film, which premiered last month on WarnerMedia’s HBO Max streaming service at the same time it opened in theaters, immediately became a popular target of pirates.

From Quartz

The most amazing thing about “Assassin’s Creed Valhalla,” a game about Vikings, is how it somehow articulately ties together the stories of pirates, ancient Egyptian curses and George Washington.

With major films on HBO Max at day one, pirates can stay home and produce much higher-quality rip-offs.

From Fortune

This month alone, the incidents included six attacks logged by the Piracy Reporting Centre, all involved armed pirates on vessels off the coasts of Nigeria, Ghana or Benin.

From Fortune

With the thin, vertical scar down his right cheek, the general effect was faintly piratical.

Tryphon was the cause of originating among the Cilicians a piratical confederacy.

At the extremity of the Taurus is Olympus a mountain,251 the piratical hold of Zenicetus, and a fortress of the same name.

I do not wish to see a new Barbary rising in America, and our long extended coast occupied by piratical States.

About this time, several piratical vessels had succeeded in cutting off a number of merchantmen near the coast of Brazil.

With the thoughtlessness of youth Foster had never troubled his mind much about the piratical city of Algiers.

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On this page you'll find 56 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to piratical, such as: anarchic, barbarous, chaotic, turbulent, unruly, and violent.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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