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Usage examples of privateer.

Cowboy turns his own radar off to discourage homing missiles and navigates on his visual sensors alone, his mind making lightning decisions, neurotransmitters clattering against his headswitches like hail, the interface encompassing the whole flashing universe, the panzer and its systems, the corn thundering under the armored skirts, the blithering chaff, the two hostile privateers burning out of the night.

The smartest thing for the privateer to do is to keep the panzer in sight and guide others in without risking itself.

Young Genet had been dispatched to America with instructions to rouse American support for France, spread the principles of the French Revolution, and encourage privateering against British shipping by American seamen.

I gave him all the information he required, and he asked me whether I should like to return to privateering, or to go as mate of a vessel bound to the coast of Africa.

The point to which I refer is, that I have come to a conviction that privateering is not a lawful or honourable profession, and with these feelings I should wish to resign the command of the schooner which you have had the kindness to give me.

You know that I did give up privateering at one time, because I was shocked at the excesses to which I was a party.

Since that his capital has been chiefly employed in privateering, which, if not so brutal and disgraceful, is certainly nearly as demoralising.

There is an excitement about the privateering which has become almost necessary to him, and he cares little about the remainder of his speculations.

I do not think, if he finds that he has to choose between your leaving him and his leaving oil privateering, he will hesitate in relinquishing the latter.

I fear your privateering account current will not be very favourable, when balanced, as it will be in a few days, notwithstanding this cargo of wares just arrived.

So I told him that as he could not, from scruples of conscience, join me in privateering, of course his scruples of conscience could not allow him to keep the books, and I dismissed him.

I have not the scruples which you have relative to privateering, but still I respect the conscientious scruples of others.

As her father recovered, she told Philip that he had expressed himself very strongly as to his conduct towards me, and had acknowledged that I was right in my scruples, and that he was astonished that he had not viewed privateering in the same light that I did.

I told him it was as bad as privateering, for in either case he sends people out to sacrifice their lives, that he may gain more money.

It invited us in 1856 to accede to the declaration of the Congress of Paris, of which body Great Britain was herself a member, abolishing privateering everywhere in all cases and forever.