Its objective was to suppress piracy based in the city of Mahdia, but the siege was unsuccessful.

The navy was used to suppress piracy and protect merchant shipping.

Part of his time was taken up with suppressing piracy.

The buyer apparently was a Persian prince who wanted to use her to suppress piracy in the Gulf.

England agreed to suppress piracy in the Caribbean.

By this time he had appointed a lieutenant to suppress piracy, whose negligence had led to an increase in their activity.

She next cruised in the West Indies where she helped suppress piracy, into 1826.

After a difficult struggle, he succeeded in suppressing piracy.

He was on the lookout for a site for a naval station that would help suppress piracy in the Caribbean.

I said that we couldn't realistically expect to suppress piracy.