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noun
1.
an armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships.
verb (used without object)
3.
to cruise as a privateer.
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Word Origin & History
privateer
1664, originally private man of war (1646), from private, probably modeled on volunteer, buccaneer.
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