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Example sentences for: pirates

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Sir Thomas Modyford, the Governor of Jamaica, offered a deal to pirate ships already well established in the area: if the pirates protected British assets, then they were free to harass enemy shipping with impunity.
Even with two teams in New York, the Yankees are far more profitable than the Pittsburgh Pirates because there are so many more buyers for their product--an advantage the Pirates, unlike a regular corporation, can't overcome by marketing their goods in New York.
•The moment that the Spanish monarchs looked the other way, the daring pirates of the North African Barbary Coast — and elsewhere — moved in.
This sent the majority of the English settlers fleeing to Jamaica or Massachusetts, but didn’t have much effect on the pirates.
Bill Gates "pulls strings" in Washington and other world capitals, "cheats" by coercing software pirates into signing deals with the company, and "lies" about his business intentions, the magazine says.