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The top finishing privateer will be awarded a new 2007 Weekend Warrior Supercross Edition trailer courtesy of Giant RV and $25,000 from US Smokeless Tobacco Company.— Motorsport.com: SUPERCROSS news
Thus he became a privateer, and for the next twelve years he built a reputation as the scourge of the high seas.— Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
On the other hand, a privateer is an entirely different kettle of fish.— EagleSpeak
A privateer was a private warship authorized by a country's government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping.— EagleSpeak
Strictly, a privateer was only entitled by its state to attack and rob enemy vessels during wartime.— EagleSpeak

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