1.   Dionysus had been seized by pirates who, unaware he was a god, intended to sell him as a slave in Asia.

2.   The studios fear that digital copies of their recent movies appearing on cable will be seized by pirates and copied endlessly.

3.   Petroships has feared from the start that the Petro Ranger had been seized by pirates.

4.   In January, pirates seized a Ukrainian-Lebanese ship off the Somali coast.

5.   Sometimes pirates seize a ship, sail on it for a few days, transfer the cargo to another ship and then flee, said Martin.