privateer

privateer englannista suomeksi

1. kaapparilaiva

2. kaapparilaivan miehistön jäsen, kaapparilaivan kapteeni

0. Substantiivi

1. kaapparilaiva

2. kaappari

3. yksityiskuski

3. Verbi

privateer englanniksi

1. A privately owned warship that acted under a of marque to attack enemy ships and take possession of their cargo. (defdate)

2. An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship; a government-sanctioned pirate. (defdate)

3. (RQ:Macaulay History of England) (defdate)

4. An advocate or beneficiary of privatization of a government service or activity.

5. (quote-book)

6. (quote-book)|url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0830415696|author=George Beam|year=2001|passage=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;"

7. (quote-book) 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

8. A private individual entrant into a race or competition who does not have the backing of a large, professional team. (defdate)

9. A racing team that is not a subsidiary of a large conglomerate, or automotive/vehicle manufacturer.

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

11. To advocate or benefit from privatization of government services.

12. (quote-book) These so-called charters were simply a license given to shady elements to privateer against the strong and growing unions.

13. (quote-journal)