Pirates of the Caribbean (Pendant in antiqued silver)

Pirates symbol, 35 x 35 mm, 925 old silver finish, two-faced design

With piracy (from Greek πειρᾶν peiran, actually "take / take away" over πειρατής, peirates and lat. Pirata, "pirates") or piracy is violence, property crimes or deprivations of liberty which or for selfish purposes by use of a lake perpetrated aircraft on the high seas or in other areas that are not subject to state authority. Up to an international treaty regime in 1958, the same acts were, provided that they were ever committed at sea or from the sea by piracy usually. make government measures, even if they are illegal, no piracy. Today such measures war and government vessels are subject, under the privateering they were until 1856, but also by government-authorized private (buccaneer, privateer) made and were characterized in their outer appearance often indistinguishable from piracy. No piracy in the proper sense are also beach, river and air piracy.