privateering

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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. 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
  • Meanwhile, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, a Democrat, has argued that homicides, shootings, robberies and carjackings have all been declining.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
  • For various reasons—his kids are off from school during the robbery; his getaway driver drops out; his hotheaded gunman arouses suspicion—his haphazard caper doesn’t lead to riches.
    Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Character progression is primarily handled through a persistent skill tree, crafting, and looting.
    Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The antifa movement was often blamed by police for the violence and looting that occurred in the aftermath of the murder.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Federal wildlife agents confirmed the two depredation events, which took place Friday and Saturday, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
    Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Despite years of sitting on the sidelines, the United States has an opportunity to reassert itself in seeking to end the depredations of the junta and advance the cause of democracy in Myanmar.
    Dan Swift, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • First, the marauding, overlapping wing-backs drag markers away with decoy runs, opening up lanes for the attacking midfielders to exploit.
    Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For years, Hollywood content creators have warned about piracy, whether through bootleg VHS tapes, or BitTorrent, or renegade streaming providers.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Any such seizures, Putin warned, would be considered piracy and could destabilize the global oil market.
    Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As an alliance grew between senators and financial powers, public figures began profiting from real-estate speculation, slave trading, and overseas plunder—while masking their involvement.
    Zephyr Teachout, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Reparations, long proposed as the only measure proportionate to the scale of racial plunder, look increasingly like a political, economic, and legal non-starter.
    Idrees Kahloon, New Yorker, 28 July 2025

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“Privateering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privateering. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.

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