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privateer
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She either became a privateer herself, taking to the Mediterranean Sea to attack Spanish holdings such as Gibraltar, or she licensed privateers to attack Spain in her name.
In theory, pirates plunder and pillage outside the law, while corsairs were privateers regulated by authorities.
At this year's race all 62 cars, including the many privateer entries, run on a sustainable fuel made from vineyard grape skin waste.
Dutch historian Ad van Liempt’s landmark book, “Hitler’s Bounty Hunters,” revealed a network of Dutch privateer “Jew hunters” who were paid “head money” for each person they delivered to the police.
Weeks later, the first enslaved people would arrive in a privateer’s ship at Point Comfort.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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