privateer

noun

1. an officer or crew member of a privateer

Similar word(s): privateersman

Definition categories: person, crewman, officer

2. a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation

Definition categories: man–made, warship

verb

1. To undermine government’s moral mission to care for its citizens and to covertly steal public funds.

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