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Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ

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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Exactly.

Piracy was "tolerated", because it stole money from competitors.

Even if a pirate lied and only turned over some of the booty to the crown, it still took it from their enemies.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

There were also those pirates that were told "alright we don't need you anymore. Don't pirate." And went "well if the agreement is over, I guess we can pirate your ships too!"