privateer

privateer (prI-v[schwa]-teer), n.

1. A vessel owned and operated by private persons, but authorized by a nation on certain conditions to damage the commerce of the enemy by acts of piracy.

2. A sailor on such a vessel.

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译者Rowland，毕业于世界顶级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与商业地产买卖相关的法律文件。