Pirate code
(When the pirates stole money or other treasure, every pirate would get a share.  But if one pirate defrauded the group by taking more than his share, he would be punished by marooning - being left alone on an island where there were no other people, with no food or water and no way to escape.  If a pirate stole from one other pirate, the guilty pirate would be punished by having his ears and nose cut, and left on shore.)