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[[File:Walking the plank Pyle.jpg|right|200px|thumb|''Walking the Plank'', by Howard Pyle, depicting a possibly erroneous, yet popular image of pirates.]]
'''Piracy''' is an act by individuals engaged in the commission of crimes on the high seas, or crimes upon coastal settlements via the sea. Piracy has occurred since antiquity, but flourished in a "golden age" in the mid-17th to early 18th centuries in the [[Caribbean Sea]]. Today most pirates operate in the southwestern Pacific and Indian Oceans and represent a major problem for the conduct of international trade.
'''Piracy''' is an act by individuals engaged in the commission of crimes on the high seas, or crimes upon coastal settlements via the sea. Piracy has occurred since antiquity, but flourished in a "golden age" in the mid-17th to early 18th centuries in the [[Caribbean Sea]]. Today most pirates operate in the southwestern Pacific and Indian Oceans and represent a major problem for the conduct of international trade.