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(historical) To press-gang (force into naval service).
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(admiralty law) Unlawful or fraudulent acts by the crew of a vessel, harming the vessel's owner.
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(military slang, derogatory) A submariner.
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Obsolete form of buccaneer. [(nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.]
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To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.
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The criminal activities of buccaneers; piracy.
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(nautical, obsolete) a misappropriation of government property; embezzlement or fraud carried out in the management of a ship.
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Alternative spelling of cappabar [(nautical, obsolete) a misappropriation of government property; embezzlement or fraud carried out in the management of a ship.]
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(historical) A naval vessel tasked with disrupting enemy merchant shipping.
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The ship of privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality.
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(US, slang) A U.S. Navy sailor.
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(specifically, law) One who infringes sub-section 1 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1854, applied to a person other than the owner, master, etc., who engages seamen without a license from the Board of Trade.
adj
(of music) Suitable to listen to when driving leisurely.
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(dated, nautical) The period of work on board ship for which the seamen have been paid in advance (usually a month's wages), the end of this term being celebrated by parading a straw horse about the decks.
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Francis Drake (1540-1596), English sea captain, pirate, and explorer of the Elizabethan era.
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(nautical) To become a pirate; to join a pirating or filibustering expedition.
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(Navy slang, derogatory) A member of the coast guard.
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(UK, dialect) One who assists in saving life and property from a wreck; a coast boatman.
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A pseudogovernmental system of laws and justice between pirates at sea.
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A customs officer who searches ships for unentered goods.
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(archaic) A swindler who operates at a port, deceiving sailors.
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(nautical, derogatory) Someone unfamiliar with the sea or seamanship, especially a novice seaman.
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(nautical slang, obsolete) To steal food or supplies from a ship's store.
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Alternative form of manavelins [(nautical slang) Odds and ends, leftovers, or scraps of food.]
v
Alternative form of manarvel [(nautical slang, obsolete) To steal food or supplies from a ship's store.]
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(US, dated, naval, slang) A meal.
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(uncommon, historical, humorous) A land-based pirate who, on dark nights along dangerous coasts, would demolish any legitimate lighthouses or beacons, erect a decoy signal fire in a different, deliberately misleading location, and then, after having induced a shipwreck, subdue any survivors and plunder the wreckage for valuables.
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(intransitive) To behave as a pirate.
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(nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.
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An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.
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The standard operating procedures for buccaneers in the late 17th century; covered division of plunder, behaviour, punishment and compensation etc.
n
(historical, nautical) The sailing route for many trade ships during the 17th century between North America and the Indian Ocean where pirates, with the intention of attacking, could be found along.
adj
(rare) Relating to or befitting a pirate.
adj
(colloquial) Synonym of piratelike
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Portuguese, man-of-war.
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one who pressgangs people into naval service
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(obsolete) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.
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To function under official sanction permitting attacks on enemy shipping and seizing ship and cargo; to engage in government-sponsored piracy.
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(nautical) The captain or member of the crew of a privateer.
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(dated, nautical) The capturing of an enemy ship at sea; this results in a payment to all hands from the Admiralty.
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Alternative form of prize-taking [(dated, nautical) The capturing of an enemy ship at sea; this results in a payment to all hands from the Admiralty.]
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Obsolete spelling of piracy [(nautical) Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.]
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Obsolete spelling of pirate [A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.]
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An armed government vessel employed to enforce revenue laws, prevent smuggling, etc.
v
To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
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Alternative spelling of rum-runner [(US, Canada) An alcohol smuggler, especially from the Prohibition era.]
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(US, Canada) An alcohol smuggler, especially from the Prohibition era.
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An illegal smuggler of rum.
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illegal smuggling of rum
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A person or vessel who runs blockades or engages in smuggling. (Especially used in combination, e.g. gunrunner).
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(rare, dated) A female sailor.
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(obsolete) A Moorish pirate.
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A pirate, buccaneer or privateer; an ocean-going marauder.
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to illegally take control of a vessel.
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Someone who seajacks; someone who illegally seizes a vessel.
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To press-gang sailors, especially (historical) for shipping or fishing work.
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(intransitive) To take shelter in a barn or shed.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A ship's cook.
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(simile) Synonym of swear like a trooper
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(UK, dialect) A rowing-bench.
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(obsolete, slang) A beggar who pretends to be a sailor.
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(US, slang) A petty thief or waterfront ruffian.
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(US, military, slang) A party held to celebrate promotion in the navy.
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(historical) Pirates of a mixture of ethnicities who raided the coastlines of China and Korea from the 13th to 16th centuries.
n
A mooncusser (type of land-based pirate).
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