English Dictionary

privateer

/ˌpɹaɪ.vəˈtɪə/

verb

To function under official sanction permitting attacks on enemy shipping and seizing ship and cargo; to engage in government-sponsored piracy.

The privateer captured the enemy ship.

意味（1）

To function under official sanction permitting attacks on enemy shipping and seizing ship and cargo; to engage in government-sponsored piracy.

意味（2）

To advocate or benefit from privatization of government services.

The principle of collective bargaining has been a basic point of dispute; it infringes, as Perlman pointed out, the privileges associated with private ownership and management of property. […] These so-called charters were simply a license given to shady elements to privateer against the strong and growing unions.