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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌpɹaɪ.vəˈtɪə/ [UK], /ˌpɹaɪ.vəˈtɪɚ/ [US] Forms: privateers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From private + -eer, probably after volunteer. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|private|eer}} private + -eer Head templates: {{en-noun}} privateer (plural privateers)
  1. (historical) A privately owned warship that acted under a letter of marque to attack enemy merchant ships and take possession of their cargo. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Warships Translations (privately owned warship): капер (kaper) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 私掠 (sīlüè) (Chinese Mandarin), kaperskib [neuter] (Danish), kaper [common-gender] (Danish), kaper [masculine] (Dutch), kaapschip [neuter] (Dutch), kaapparilaiva (Finnish), corsaire [masculine] (French), Kaperschiff [neuter] (German), פְּרִיבָטִיר (privatír) [masculine] (Hebrew), קוֹרְסָר (korsár) [masculine] (Hebrew), kapari [masculine] (Icelandic), korsaronavo (Ido), nave corsara [feminine] (Italian), 私掠船 (alt: しりゃくせん、shiryakusen) (Japanese), navio corsário [masculine] (Portuguese), ка́пер (káper) [masculine] (Russian), корса́р (korsár) [masculine] (Russian), привати́р (privatír) [masculine] (Russian), buque corsario [masculine] (Spanish), kapare [common-gender] (Swedish), kaparskepp [neuter] (Swedish)
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  2. (historical) An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship; a government-sanctioned pirate. Tags: historical Translations (officer or crew of a privateer ship): 私掠者 (sīlüèzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), kaper [common-gender] (Danish), kaperkaptajn (english: captain) [common-gender] (Danish), kaper [masculine] (Dutch), kaappari (Finnish), corsaire [masculine] (French), Freibeuter [masculine] (German), פְּרִיבָטִיר (privatír) [masculine] (Hebrew), קוֹרְסָר (korsár) [masculine] (Hebrew), korsaro (Ido), corsaro [masculine] (Italian), cap'taine à la course [masculine] (Norman), corsário [masculine] (Portuguese), corsario [masculine] (Spanish), kapare [common-gender] (Swedish), fribytare [common-gender] (Swedish), корсар (korsar) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-privateer-en-noun-N5rh-iwJ Disambiguation of 'officer or crew of a privateer ship': 7 77 7 6 4
  3. An advocate or beneficiary of privatization of a government service or activity.
    Sense id: en-privateer-en-noun-izg3GJel
  4. (motor racing, chiefly Canada, US) A private individual entrant into a race or competition who does not have the backing of a large, professional team. Tags: Canada, US Categories (topical): Motor racing, People Translations (motor racing: private individual entrant): yksityiskuski (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-privateer-en-noun-lfgiDgnf Disambiguation of People: 2 18 19 31 10 0 20 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports Disambiguation of 'motor racing: private individual entrant': 21 6 3 44 26
  5. (motor racing, elite championships) A racing team that is not a subsidiary of a large conglomerate, or automotive/vehicle manufacturer. Categories (topical): Motor racing
    Sense id: en-privateer-en-noun-LP6---HV Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: buccaneer, profiteer, letter of marque, works team [motor-racing, racing, sports, hobbies, lifestyle]

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌpɹaɪ.vəˈtɪə/ [UK], /ˌpɹaɪ.vəˈtɪɚ/ [US] Forms: privateers [present, singular, third-person], privateering [participle, present], privateered [participle, past], privateered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From private + -eer, probably after volunteer. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|private|eer}} private + -eer Head templates: {{en-verb}} privateer (third-person singular simple present privateers, present participle privateering, simple past and past participle privateered)
  1. To function under official sanction permitting attacks on enemy shipping and seizing ship and cargo; to engage in government-sponsored piracy.
    Sense id: en-privateer-en-verb-loH2j6yP
  2. To advocate or benefit from privatization of government services.
    Sense id: en-privateer-en-verb-c9wPumNU

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        "2": "private",
        "3": "eer"
      },
      "expansion": "private + -eer",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From private + -eer, probably after volunteer.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "privateers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "privateering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "privateered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "privateered",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To function under official sanction permitting attacks on enemy shipping and seizing ship and cargo; to engage in government-sponsored piracy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "piracy",
          "piracy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1942, Valdimer Orlando Key, Politics, parties and pressure groups, page 95:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, Review of agricultural policies: Poland, page 75:",
          "text": "The objective of the privatisation law of July 1990 was to achieve an ownership structure similar to that in western Europe within five years, with approximately half of state-owned assets to be privateered in the first three years.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Harvard Political Review, volume 31, page 31:",
          "text": "They are generally kept in \"detention centers\" in the Australian desert, or on islands in international waters privateered by the government. These are operated by private security firms, which are not subject to international agreements.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To advocate or benefit from privatization of government services."
      ],
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        [
          "privatization",
          "privatization"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpɹaɪ.vəˈtɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌpɹaɪ.vəˈtɪɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "privateer"
  ],
  "word": "privateer"
}

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