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• n  hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it
  air piracy
• n  the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own

• Somali piracy needs a Somali solution beginning with the creation of a political order capable of enforcing law and order and protecting Somalia's sovereignty, and offering .
• While the world struggles to solve an escalating piracy problem in Africa, nations in Southeast Asia have learned the hard way that the key to fighting these outlaws is greater .
• As the frequency of piracy on the high seas grows, many ship owners aren't willing to wait for the navy to help them out.

• buccaneering
• plagiarism
• plagiarization
• plagiarisation

News & Articles

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• Microsoft partners with Samsung, HP to help stop Windows piracy in China
  Hewlett-Packard and Samsung Electronics will now ensure that their PCs in China are installed with licensed Windows and Office software as part of new agreements signed with Microsoft meant to fight piracy. Microsoft announced the agreements Wednesday as the company brought its latest anti-piracy campaign to the Chinese city of Nanjing. Since December, Microsoft's "Keep it Real" campaign has ...
  June 19, 2013 - PC World
• Report: Piracy in West Africa outstrips Somalia
  A new report says piracy affected more ships and sailors off West Africa than off Somalia's coast last year. The report drawing on data from the International Maritime Bureau said nearly 1,000 seafarers ...
  June 18, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• West Africa has world's worst piracy rate: report
  Wast Africa has overtaken Somalia as the world's piracy hot-spot with 966 sailors attacked last year, a report by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said on Tuesday.
  June 18, 2013 - Fox News

Quotes

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• Hillary Rodham Clinton in ABC News
  We're deeply concerned. We're following it very closely,Clinton said at a meeting at the State Department. "More specifically, we are now focused on this particular act of piracy and the seizure of the ship that carries 21 American...
• David Miliband in Economic Times
  The Royal Navy is co-ordinating the European response as well as contributing to the international mission there. Obviously, the problem of piracy around Somalia is a grave danger to the stability in the region,said Miliband.
• Barack Obama in Chicago Tribune
  I want to be very clear that we are resolved to halt the rise of piracy in that region and to achieve that goal, we're going to have to continue to work with our partners to prevent future attacks,Obama said at a news conference Monday.