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Recent Examples of privateering
During her run as a privateering vessel, the Dash and other ships like her were regarded as a sort of sea militia working for the United States against a stifling British blockade of New England ports.
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Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
Could this practice of privateering end the current cyber war?
—Rick Bennett, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
Could this practice of privateering end the current cyber war?
—Rick Bennett, Time, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for privateering
Noun
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The daylight robbery — among the highest-profile museum thefts in living memory — exposed alarming security holes at the Paris landmark.—
John Leicester,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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Officials said Cinsero was received from Los Angeles County in July 2015 to serve a five-year sentence for second-degree robbery.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Books permit these corporations—many of them whose foundations are tied to European colonialism and the history of expropriation and looting—to be authors in the telling of history and culture.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
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There were fights and looting, and by the afternoon, a fire was set at a shop on West Madison Street, according to the documentary notes.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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ByteDance’s statement follows the Chinese tech giant receiving cease and desist letters from Disney and Paramount, calling for an immediate halt to IP plundering.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2026
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It was revealed during that trial that Low's plundering of the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund exceeded $4 billion.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In October 2024, 20 mountain lions were killed through depredation permits statewide, the DFW reported.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Wolf depredation in Cochise County last summer resulted in the relocation of a pack from southern Arizona to captivity in New Mexico.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Amid the pillaging of homes, Roman magistrates were likely sent to the city to prevent an anarchic type of existence, based on ancient literary sources the authors referenced in the study.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Rutter, the club’s record £40m buy from Leeds United, was an instant hit last season with insatiable work rate and marauding runs until an ankle injury ruled him out from March for the rest of the campaign.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Putin denounced that interception as an act of piracy.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Worse still, the world’s navies are simply not equipped to provide the level of protection required against terrorism, piracy, and regional wars.—
David Szondy
February 15,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2026
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After more than a century of plunder and strife, under tyrants as diverse as King Leopold II of Belgium and Mobutu Sese Seko, the present-day DRC still occupies the dark heart of the continent in much of the world’s imagination.—
Holden Frith,
TheWeek,
9 Jan. 2026
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The Venezuelan regime is broadly unpopular in Latin America; its socialism of plunder has sent millions of desperate people into Colombia and other states.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Privateering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privateering. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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