privateering
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English[edit]
Verb[edit]
privateering
- present participle and gerund of privateer
Noun[edit]
privateering (plural privateerings)
- The operations of a privateer, attacking and looting enemy ships under the auspices of one's own government.
- 1802, The Monthly Magazine, volume 14, page 130:
- The profit of privateerings is some small compensation to the merchants of Bourdeaux for the deficiency in the regular profits of commerce.