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Pirate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3135 words) |
 | A pirate is one who robs or plunders at sea, or sometimes the shore, without a commission from a recognised sovereign nation. |
| Pirates are called Lanun by both the Indonesians and the Malaysians who form the nations bracketing the Straits of Malacca. |
| Pirates with commissions from a government are called privateers or corsairs, which in modern Arabic is قرصان from the Turkish Korsan, which seems to have been derived from the European word, which in turn comes from the mediaeval Latin cursa, "raid, expedition, inroad". |
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