Definition

Noun: - Pirate: A person who attacks and robs ships at sea. This term specifically refers to maritime bandits or sea robbers.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Các tàu buôn thường lo sợ bị hải tặc tấn công. (Merchant ships often fear being attacked by pirates.)
  • Vùng biển này từng nổi tiếng với nhiều toán hải tặc. (This sea area was once notorious for many pirate gangs.)
  • Chính phủ đang nỗ lực đối phó với nạn hải tặc. (The government is making efforts to deal with the piracy problem.)

Advanced Usage

• "Hải tặc cướp biển": This is a reinforcing phrase, literally "sea-robber pirates," used for emphasis on their criminal nature.
  • Hải tặc cướp biển là mối đe dọa cho an ninh hàng hải. (Pirates are a threat to maritime security.)
• The term can be used metaphorically in modern contexts, such as "hải tặc bản quyền" (copyright pirates), but this is a compound term and not the core meaning of the isolated word "hải tặc."

Variants and Related Words

• Cướp biển (noun): A more common and direct synonym for "pirate."
• Giặc biển (noun): An older or more literary term for "sea bandits" or "pirates."
• Hải khấu (noun): A historical term for "sea bandits," often used in ancient contexts.

Synonyms

• Pirate (noun): The direct English equivalent.
• Buccaneer (noun): Often refers to pirates who preyed on Spanish shipping in the Caribbean.
• Corsair (noun): Specifically refers to a privateer or pirate, especially in the Mediterranean.

Related Phrases

• Hoạt động hải tặc (noun phrase): Pirate activity or piracy.
  • Hoạt động hải tặc trong khu vực đã giảm. (Pirate activity in the region has decreased.)
• Tàu hải tặc (noun phrase): Pirate ship.
  • Họ phát hiện một tàu hải tặc đang tiếp cận. (They spotted a pirate ship approaching.)

Related Idioms

• While "hải tặc" itself is not typically part of idioms, the concept is related to the idiom "chốn rừng sâu nước độc" (deep forests and poisonous waters), which metaphorically describes dangerous, lawless places, similar to pirate-infested waters.

noun

1. pirate