Privateering

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  • v. Present participle of privateer.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Cruising in a privateer.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act or practice of cruising in a privateer for hostile purposes.
    • Word Usage
    "It was one of the big reasons for the American Revolution as colonists trying to compete with it were crushed by the crown with taxes and criminal penalties for piracy and privateering trying to trade in tea outside of the British protectionist laws for EIC--that's where the word privateering came from."
    Verb Stem
    privateer   
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