And none of us,' he said innocently, 'would want to be called pirates.

Centuries later, they probably would have been called pirates or buccaneers.

Those who engage in acts of piracy are called pirates.

For over a century any non-Spaniards who entered the area claimed by Spain were likely to be called pirates.

It was not often that the tzars of Russia called their own kind thieves and pirates and sought to destroy them.

"And this is why Prince Red can call us pirates?"

What do you call pirates shooting at us?

I should not like to risk losing it to the sea bandits we call pirates.

We were cursed, we were called pirates and that kind of thing.

"He can't let you be called pirates!"