privateer

Recent Examples on the Web The Africans sold into bondage in Virginia in 1619 (the event that prompted the New York Times’ 1619 Project, four centuries later) had been seized from a Portuguese slave ship by an English privateer carrying a Dutch letter of marque. —Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024 But in the following century, states turned away from privateers because their extracurricular pillaging became too costly. —Joseph S. Nye Jr., Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021 As governments struggled to control privateers, attitudes changed, and new norms of prudence and restraint developed. —Joseph S. Nye Jr., Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021 The location of each of the wrecks isn’t conclusive; some are still undiscovered, while others were salvaged by survivors or privateers. —Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 4 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for privateer