as in piracy
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For example, ensuring the security of commercial shipping from piracy is a widespread need that remains largely unaddressed.—
Morgan Chalfant,
semafor.com,
26 Sep. 2025 -
Instead, China’s incorporation of Taiwan was part of a process of closing off a frontier area, managing trade with Chinese on the island, and combating piracy.—
David C. Kang,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Sep. 2025
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This is the wild true story of how Owen Hanson went from backup quarterback to a leader in the drug-smuggling scene.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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His framing instead relied on the dubious proposition that drug smuggling is tantamount to violent aggression.—
Jacob Sullum,
Oc Register,
25 Sep. 2025
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The antifa movement was often blamed by police for the violence and looting that occurred in the aftermath of the murder.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Sewer workers discovered a 2,300-year-old tomb containing ceramic artifacts and showing signs of ancient looting.—
Staff,
FOXNews.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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If his decades-long track record is any indication, Sanders would be inclined to make excuses for our adversaries and look on the bright side of their repression and rapine.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
25 Feb. 2020
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There is no question about the general philosophy that underlay this great act of public pillage and economic rapine.—
Charles P. Pierce,
Esquire,
13 Mar. 2013
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“Banditry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/banditry. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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