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Descriptor English: Piracy
Descriptor Spanish: Piratería
Descriptor piratería
Entry term(s) piratería aérea
Scope note: Acción violenta, con un propósito personal, cometida en alta mar fuera de la jurisdicción de un estado. Se trata de un delito bajo el derecho internacional. (Traducción libre del original: Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Descriptor Portuguese: Pirataria
Descriptor French: Piraterie
Entry term(s): Hijacking
Tree number(s): SP9.242.569.299.300.713
Scope note: Violent action, for private ends, committed on the high seas outside the jurisdiction of a state. It is an offence under international law. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
DeCS ID: 35087
Unique ID: DDCS035087
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Piracy - Preferred
Concept UI FD00060946
Scope note Violent action, for private ends, committed on the high seas outside the jurisdiction of a state. It is an offence under international law. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Preferred term Piracy
Entry term(s) Hijacking



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