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piracy
piracy robbery committed or attempted on the high seas. It is distinguished from privateering in that the pirate holds no commission from and receives the protection of no nation but usually attacks vessels of all nations. As the line between privateering and piracy is often hard to draw, any... Read more |
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convoy
convoy, one or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval ships. Convoy has a very ancient history and specific cases of ships proceeding in groups under naval protection have been traced back to the 12th century. It is probable that the... Read more |
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Greer
Greer, US destroyer which was attacked by a U-boat 200 km. (125 mi.) south-west of Iceland on 4 September 1941. She was not damaged, but Roosevelt called the attack ‘piracy’ and warned that if any German or Italian warships entered waters being protected by the US Navy... Read more |
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Iban
Iban ETHNONYMS: Dayak, Dyak, Sea Dayak Orientation Identification. The name "Iban" is of uncertain origin. Early scholars regarded it as originally a Kayan term, hivan, meaning "wanderer." The use of the name by those Iban in closer association with Kayan gives support to this... Read more |
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corsair
corsair, a private ship fitted out by an owner to operate under licence by the government against the merchant shipping of an enemy. The word is particularly applicable to Mediterranean waters and is most often associated with the privateering cruisers which operated off the Barbary (Saracen)... Read more |
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Entertainment industry
Entertainment Industry ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEMAND FOR LEISURE INDUSTRY OVERVIEW IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS OF ENTERTAINMENT MARKETS THE CHALLENGE OF PIRACY BIBLIOGRAPHY Entertainment as an industry—in the United... Read more |
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Illyria and Illyricum
Illyria and Illyricum , ancient region of the Balkan Peninsula. In prehistoric times a group of tribes speaking dialects of an Indo-European language swept down to the northern and eastern shores of the Adriatic and established themselves there. The region that they occupied came to be known as... Read more |
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William Kidd
William Kidd 1645?-1701, British privateer and pirate, known as Captain Kidd. He went to sea in his youth and later settled in New York, where he married and owned property. In 1691 he was rewarded for his services against French privateers. While in London in 1695 he was commissioned by the earl... Read more |
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Barbary States
Barbary States term used for the North African states of Tripolitania , Tunisia , Algeria , and Morocco . From the 16th cent. Tripolitania, Tunisia, and Algeria were autonomous provinces of the Turkish Empire. Morocco pursued its own independent development. The corsair Barbarossa and his... Read more |
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criminal law
criminal law the branch of law that defines crimes, treats of their nature, and provides for their punishment. A tort is a civil wrong committed against an individual; a crime, on the other hand, is regarded as an offense committed against the public, even though only one individual may have been... Read more |
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