The arch-pirate claimed the hidden cove as his domain, and no ship dared challenge him.

During the harbor festival he jokingly called the uniformed responder a puddle pirate, though most there respected the Coast Guard's work.

The neighborhood children crowned themselves puddle pirates after the rain, stomping through every puddle they could find.

During the 1970s, pirate radios operated from ships anchored offshore, defying broadcasting laws.

The captain tossed a pouch of pirate rounds into the cannon before the battle.

I was shocked when someone on the bus called him a butt pirate, and I told them that such slurs are unacceptable.

A minute pirate bug landed on the tomato plant and began hunting aphids.

In the greenhouse, minute pirate bugs were released to control aphid populations on the tomato plants.

We decorate the break room with skull-and-crossbones banners and serve rum cake every International Talk Like a Pirate Day to get into the spirit.