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Recent Examples of privateer
But in the following century, states turned away from privateers because their extracurricular pillaging became too costly.
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Joseph S. Nye Jr., Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
As governments struggled to control privateers, attitudes changed, and new norms of prudence and restraint developed.
—Joseph S. Nye Jr., Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
The location of each of the wrecks isn’t conclusive; some are still undiscovered, while others were salvaged by survivors or privateers.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2024
The vessel was likely an 8-gun cutter used by the Royal Navy, the Revenue Service, smugglers and privateers.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2024
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Joseph S. Nye Jr., Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
As governments struggled to control privateers, attitudes changed, and new norms of prudence and restraint developed.
—Joseph S. Nye Jr., Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
The location of each of the wrecks isn’t conclusive; some are still undiscovered, while others were salvaged by survivors or privateers.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2024
The vessel was likely an 8-gun cutter used by the Royal Navy, the Revenue Service, smugglers and privateers.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for privateer
Noun
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The scholar who grew up in Uvalde remembers hearing stories around the dinner table about Anglos and Mexicans, rangers and raiders, soldiers and ranchers whose histories intertwined in South Texas.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Oct. 2024
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There are seven factions to choose from including undead space raiders, killer clowns and cybernetic marauders.Rob Wieland, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Noun
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As was the case in the Middle Ages, unemployed former mercenaries often turn into marauders, preying on the weak to survive and wreaking havoc on ordinary citizens.Allison Stanger, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
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Finding clean water is challenging, marauders roam the land, and some of the humans who remain have resorted to unthinkable behaviour, like cannibalism.Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Since the early 1980s, both pirate copying of 35 mm film prints and of U.S. satellite transmissions likely functioned as sources for Omnivideo Corp., a line of analog videos that carried titles distributed by U.S. companies.Laura-Zoë Humphreys and Daymar Valdés Frigola / Made by History, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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But Armstrong gets to play the savvier, less naive Fern as a bit more of a badass, though all four kids are in over their heads when the ship’s malfunctioning droid (Nick Frost) navigates them straight into a pirate den.Alison Herman, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024
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Sporting a goatee, tricorn hat, purple vest and pantaloons, the bad-news buccaneer ambushed the victim near the station’s turnstiles, punching him repeatedly before making off with his AirPods and sneakers.Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2024
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However, the swarthy crew has an abundance of muscles and ego, not one of the buccaneers knows how to read.Jamie Lang, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Privateer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privateer. Accessed 11 Dec. 2024.
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