1979 World Series champs

Usage examples of pirates.

Maraud was a grab-bag of types, because it had originally been part of the Dominant Republic, then taken by pirates who settled it with a number of their captives.

That was a horror, because the pirates tied up Hope and their father, then gang-raped Faith while all of them watched.

Spirit loved the little play, especially where she plucked out a fake eyeball, but she understood the message: pirates would rape women or girls or children, and the females had to be ready to stop them.

As soon as the pirates showed their foul hand, the men jumped them, two to a pirate, and quickly subdued them.

But the pirates took two six year old girls and a younger boy as hostages, threatening to slit their throats if the refugees gave any signal.

And once the Jupiter patrol was gone, the pirates returned the children, naked and staring.

The pirates dragged the corpses into a pile, then went after the women.

But she could still hear them talking, and learned that the pirates were holding the children hostage for the performance of the women.

The ten women garbed themselves to be as attractive as possible, and loosened their hair, knowing that often all pirates wanted was sex, and it was easiest to give it to them and let them go away.

He got them out of the chamber, leaving the dead pirate there, and closed its door, and hauled the dead woman over it so that the other pirates would not find their companion.

Half the pirates were down and screaming within seconds, but their attackers did not quit.

Most of the children not caught in taffy or killed by the pirates had disappeared, going for their own suits.

Some had been caught by the pirates, who were tearing off their clothes.

He grabbed her left hand and wrestled with it until he had hold of her smallest digit, while the two other pirates held her legs and other arm, preventing her from struggling effectively.

Spirit was awash in pain and horror, but she was aware that all the pirates took note.