PRIVATEER
privateer (prI-v<<schwa>>-teer), n. 1. A vessel owned and operated by private persons, but authorized by a nation on certain conditions to damage the commerce of the enemy by acts of piracy. 2. A sailor on such a vessel.
[Blacks Law 8th]
privateer (prI-v<<schwa>>-teer), n. 1. A vessel owned and operated by private persons, but authorized by a nation on certain conditions to damage the commerce of the enemy by acts of piracy. 2. A sailor on such a vessel.
[Blacks Law 8th]