letters of marque as a noun: - 1
letters of marque
noun
1 letters of marque
A license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation.
synonyms: letter of mark and reprisal, letter of marque.
Roget 791:
stealing
etc.
v.;
theft,
thievery,
latrociny†,
direption†;
abstraction,
appropriation;
plagiary,
plagiarism;
autoplagiarism†;
latrocinium†.
spoliation,
plunder,
pillage;
sack,
sackage†;
rapine,
brigandage,
foray,
razzia†,
rape,
depredation,
raid;
blackmail.
piracy,
privateering,
buccaneering;
license to plunder,
letters of marque,
letters of mark and reprisal.
filibustering,
filibusterism†;
burglary;
housebreaking;
badger game [Slang].
robbery,
highway robbery,
hold-up [U.S.],
mugging.
peculation,
embezzlement;
fraud
etc.
545;
larceny,
petty larceny,
grand larceny,
shoplifting.
thievishness,
rapacity,
kleptomania,
Alsatia†,
den of Cacus,
den of thieves.
blackmail,
extortion,
shakedown,
Black Hand [U.S.].
[person who commits theft]
thief
etc.
792.
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Dutch: kaperbrief
Moby thesaurus: Pastoral Epistle, aerogram, air letter, air piracy, airgraph, airplane hijacking, billet-doux, buccaneering, bull, chain letter, dead letter, dimissorial, dimissory letter, drop letter, encyclical, fan letter, form letter, freebooting, letter of credit, letter of introduction, letters credential, letters of request, letters overt, letters patent, letters rogatory, love letter, monitory, newsletter, nixie, open letter, pastoral letter, piracy, poison-pen letter, privateering, round robin, skyjacking ... show more.
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