privateering
英 [praɪvə'tɪrɪŋ] 美 [praɪvə'tɪrɪŋ]

n.

以私掠船巡逻，掳获商船；

v.

（战时特准攻击敌方商船的）武装民船，私掠船( privateer的现在分词 )；

英英释义

privateer[ ,praivə'tiəriŋ ]

• n.
  • an officer or crew member of a privateer

    同义词：privateersman

  • a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation

权威例句

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Was privateering plunder efficient? ☆
American Privateering and Imperial Warfare, 1739-1748
Piracy and Privateering in the Golden Age Netherlands
Piracy and Privateering in the Golden Age Netherlands
Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period, Illustrative Documents by J. F. Jameson
Elizabethan privateering : English privateering during the Spanish War, 1585-1603
Elizabethan Privateering: English Privateering during the Spanish War,1585-1603 by Kenneth R. Andrews