Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for privateers
Noun
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Outside what is today a parking garage, a group of Union soldiers — unarmed and asleep in tents — were trampled by horses and murdered by Quantrill’s raiders.—
Quentin Corpuel,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025 -
The raiders kill many vault residents and kidnap her father Hank (Kyle MacLachlan), so the sheltered Lucy sets out on a quest to find him.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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That's how time robbers steal from you.—
Brian Moran,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Ruffalo, who serves as the show’s star and executive producer, told Entertainment Weekly in September 2025 that the drama differs from other cops-and-robbers shows while still delivering plenty of plot twists.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The structure is similar to how pirates and privateers once attacked foreign enemies at sea on behalf of their government.—
Rick Bennett,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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Stevenson’s pirates are a frighteningly murderous and totally untrustworthy bunch, thriving on threats and duplicity.—
Rob Hubbard,
Twin Cities,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The conference curated a world of coming wonders for several hundred C-suite buccaneers who had paid up to fifty thousand dollars apiece to update their mental models and investment portfolios.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Privateers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privateers. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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