How to Use letters of marque in a Sentence

letters of marque

noun phrase

• Earlier this year, my Utah senator Mike Lee proposed that Congress bring back letters of marque and reprisal.
  — Rick Bennett, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
• Lee and Burchett introduced a separate bill earlier this month calling for the government to use letters of marque and reprisal for cyber warfare.
  — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 22 July 2026
• The Constitution grants Congress power to assign letters of marque , not the President.
  — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
• Some commentators have incorrectly characterized the memo as authorizing cyber letters of marque or privateers.
  — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
• The Constitution does specifically grant Congress the power to issue letters of marque, though they were effectively abolished by an international treaty in 1856.
  — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026
• The Utahn introduced a bill in December that would authorize the president to issue letters of marque, a tool by which the government licenses private individuals to attack foreign interests by seizing ships, as a way of taking on drug traffickers.
  — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026