Following the Russian pirate raids in the 14th and 15th centuries, the city's power declined.

The island was also an object of pirate raids by the Saracens.

We were now much better prepared for the next pirate raid, assuming one came, but not very confident about our ability to fend them off.

This was starting to look more like a pirate raid and less like a military attack.

She knew, for instance, that Lucas's wife and his partner had been killed during the initial pirate raid.

"Maybe they're planning on setting up a secret base to launch pirate raids."

During an earlier deployment in late 2010, it disrupted at least six separate pirate raids.

A tower was later built in 1220 and it protected against pirate raids.

Between 1376 and 1385, no fewer than 174 instances of pirate raids were recorded in Korea.

The geographical location was chosen in order to avoid pirate raids since it cannot be seen from the sea.