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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">pirates</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>buccaneers</topic></related><related type="narrower"><topic>corsairs</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>pirate havens</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>seamen</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>pirate</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>pyrate</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Outlaws who travel the seas in ships with the organized intention of attacking and robbing others. Pirates have been active throughout history but the term is used chiefly to describe those active between the 1500s and the 1800s. ]]></note></mads>