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Noun
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From the start, police ruled out robbery as a motive—nothing had been taken.—
Isadora Wandermurem,
Time,
30 May 2025 -
Boise police arrested two men from Texas on Wednesday who are suspected of being involved in at least 195 robberies at Ulta Beauty stores nationwide.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
29 May 2025
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By building trust through ethos, connecting emotionally via pathos or persuading with logical arguments, Aristotle’s principles remain useful and applicable even today for impactful, authentic communication in an era rife with misinformation and piracy.—
Deepa Nagraj,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Our economic history, however, is built on competition and regulation as two sides of the same coin of capitalism, because markets without rules is piracy.—
Mark Green,
New York Daily News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Last month, in another headline-grabbing food plunder, 100,000 organic eggs were taken from a distribution trailer in Pennsylvania.—
Adeel Hassan,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Such tactics included the extraordinary plunder and destruction of the Hundred Years’ War and the fire bombings of cities in World War II.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Privateering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privateering. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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