Idiom
sail the high seas
Meaning
To engage in piracy.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The pirates sail the high seas looking for treasure.”
“In the old stories, the captain and his crew sail the high seas to capture merchant ships.”
“Driven by a desperate need for gold, the outcasts chose to sail the high seas, forever abandoning the safety of the law.”
Examples
simple
“The pirates sail the high seas looking for treasure.”
contextual
“In the old stories, the captain and his crew sail the high seas to capture merchant ships.”
complex
“Driven by a desperate need for gold, the outcasts chose to sail the high seas, forever abandoning the safety of the law.”
Origin
From *sail* + *the* + *high seas*, a metaphorical extension of maritime navigation applied to the Internet. The phrase characterizes regions of the network where piracy is prevalent.
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