Pirate’s Trinket

Piracy

Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically intending to steal cargo and valuable goods, or take hostages. Those who conduct acts of piracy are called pirates, and vessels used for piracy are called pirate ships. The earliest documented instances of piracy date to the 14th century BC, when the Sea Peoples, a group of ocean raiders, attacked the ships of the Aegean and Mediterranean civilizations. Narrow channels which funnel shipping into predictable routes have long created opportunities for piracy, as well as for privateering and commerce raiding.

pirate

Noun

1. A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
2. An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.

Verb

1. To appropriate by piracy; to plunder at sea.
2. To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of.

trinket

Noun

1. A small, showy ornament, especially a piece of jewellery.
2. A thing of little practical and/or monetary value; a toy, a trifle.

Verb

1. Often followed by out: to adorn (someone or something) with trinkets (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1).