I would still call it piracy in either case.

The important thing to remember, is whether you
are far from shore or only a mile, no one will
hear you scream, or hear a gun shot. Don't
expect help--defend yourself.

I've never read a report where a pirate was killed.
Dead pirates are tossed overboard and no forms
are filed.

Bart Senior

"jlrogers" wrote

http://www.thedailystar.net/2003/12/27/d3122701022.htm

According to Article 101 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the
Sea (UNCLOS), a piracy is an armed robbery that occurs in a ship on high
sea, outside jurisdiction of any state. Any other violence or detention or
act of depredation directed against a ship or person or property on its
board happened within the jurisdiction of a state is called an armed
robbery.

Records at the shipping department show armed robbers attacked more than a
dozen foreign and local ocean-going ships anchored at Chittagong and Mongla
ports in a five-month span. Besides, many thefts go unreported, according to
sources in the department.