Larger pirates often preyed on unarmed merchant ships.
海賊は武装していない商船を餌食にした。
Some burglars broke into my house last night.
昨晩私の家に賊が押し入った。
A band of robbers attacked the party.
盗賊の一団が一行に襲いかかった。
If you win, you are in the right, but if you lose, you are in the wrong.
勝てば官軍負ければ賊軍。
Japanese bureaucrats are nothing but traitors to the country who covet our tax money and will continue the practice of amakudari until the country is bankrupt.