privateer

[ UK /pɹˌa‍ɪvətˈi‍ə/ ]
NOUN
  1. a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation
  2. an officer or crew member of a privateer
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How To Use privateer In A Sentence

  • The starting lineup for every event includes both factory and privateer racing teams competing for overall wins as well as wins in one of four classes of competition.
  • Short, bandy-legged and remarkably intense, Daniel plays Hatuey, the leader of the resistance against Columbus and the first Indian to be burned on a cross, as well as the firebrand leader of the Bolivian resistance against the water privateers. 'Unknown': Unmoored, Overcooked
  • However, American neutral shipping suffered grievous losses at the hands of the Royal Navy and French privateers.
  • The French privateer Hippolyte de Bouchard, and his henchman, William Evans, who returned much later as the Purple Pirate! THE MYSTERY OF THE PURPLE PIRATE
  • Half a page of ships captured by Rebel privateers.
  • Jeannette, 21, is no stranger to racing Panoz cars, having driven for Panoz Motor Sports in 2002 and for the privateer JML Team Panoz in 2003.
  • Smuggling, privateering, and legal trade with overseas partners only partially offset the drastic trade reductions with Britain.
  • At daylight the next morning some of the men bent the sails and rove the rigging of the privateer, while the others were cutting a good load of wood to ballast her.
  • The executive of the Scottish Parliament is handing another £100 million of public money over to privateers to ensure the privatisation of Glasgow's council housing goes ahead.
  • Naval Privateers flew the Liberty Tree as their standard, while the Navy itself adopted the Gadsden flag, with its famous rattlesnake.
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