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Mr Khan said:
noname2200 said:
Actually, privateering would be as close as you can get to legal piracy.

-Sir Francis Drake

I wonder if privateering is legal under international law, if someone were authorized by a country's armed forces for the plunder of trade without an existing state of war, would that be allowed?


Declaration of Paris outlawed it. It's subject to life imprisonment in the US. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Declaration_Respecting_Maritime_Law

On topic: Last year VGC taught me, all piracy is bad and you shouldn't do it