(historical) A privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo.
“we cannot let the privateer old car win again”
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(historical) A privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo.
This is a major victory, not only for CUPW because it will deter profit-hungry privateers from taking work away from CUPW members, but also because it gives union protection to those employed by the privateers.
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(nautical, in the days of sail) A frigate or other vessel, detached from the fleet, to cruise independently in search of the enemy or its merchant ships.
A pirate, buccaneer or privateer; an ocean-going marauder.
(military, watercraft, chiefly, historical) A powerful armed naval vessel, primarily one armed with cannon and propelled by sails; a warship.
Well, THEY are pirates, you're a Privateer! Totally different and heroic. See also: Spies.
““we cannot let the privateer old car win again””
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(historical) An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship; a government-sanctioned pirate.
Privateers, such as Osborne and Gaebler, promise that good competition will not become bad — will not become cutthroat competition — if good competition is "carefully structured and managed;"
An advocate or beneficiary of privatization of a government service or activity.
For example, when water workers leader Abelardo de Oliveira Filho says, investigations initiated by PSI in carrying out the mandate their members gave them to resist the privatization of water, to look into how the privateers worked
“Well, THEY are pirates, you're a Privateer! Totally different and heroic. See also: Spies.”
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