black-flagged; black-flagging; black-flags
: to signal (a race-car driver) to go immediately to the pits
: a pirate's flag usually bearing a skull and crossbones
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Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
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Not all historians regard black-flag pirates as political visionaries, though.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
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“Black-flag.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black-flag. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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