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[Pirates of the Caribbean] Can Captain Jack Sparrow and company really be called "pirates?"

I mean, they don't seem to do a whole lot of pirate-y things, aside from swordfighting, rum-drinking, and sailing.
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This is set during the 1720s-1750s, when the golden age of piracy was slowly dwindling out as merchant ships began hiring more and more security, and pirates could get much better deals working with the government as mercenaries. 

Jack spends most of his time trying to regain control of his ship and wriggling out of supernatural debts, but does pull off a few big time thefts over the course of the series. 

And the series starts off with Elizabeth witnessing the wreck of a merchant ship that's been utterly gutted and everyone aboard killed, so it's not exactly a cuddly business they're about.