Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to privateer
Participle: privateered
Gerund: privateering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | privateer |
| you | privateer |
| he;she;it | privateers |
| we | privateer |
| you | privateer |
| they | privateer |
Perfect
| I | have privateered |
| you | have privateered |
| he;she;it | has privateered |
| we | have privateered |
| you | have privateered |
| they | have privateered |
Past
| I | privateered |
| you | privateered |
| he;she;it | privateered |
| we | privateered |
| you | privateered |
| they | privateered |
Pluperfect
| I | had privateered |
| you | had privateered |
| he;she;it | had privateered |
| we | had privateered |
| you | had privateered |
| they | had privateered |
Future
| I | will privateer |
| you | will privateer |
| he;she;it | will privateer |
| we | will privateer |
| you | will privateer |
| they | will privateer |
Future Perfect
| I | will have privateered |
| you | will have privateered |
| he;she;it | will have privateered |
| we | will have privateered |
| you | will have privateered |
| they | will have privateered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | privateer |
| you | privateer |
| he;she;it | privateer |
| we | privateer |
| you | privateer |
| they | privateer |
Perfect
| I | have privateered |
| you | have privateered |
| he;she;it | have privateered |
| we | have privateered |
| you | have privateered |
| they | have privateered |
Imperfect
| I | privateered |
| you | privateered |
| he;she;it | privateered |
| we | privateered |
| you | privateered |
| they | privateered |
Pluperfect
| I | had privateered |
| you | had privateered |
| he;she;it | had privateered |
| we | had privateered |
| you | had privateered |
| they | had privateered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would privateer |
| you | would privateer |
| he;she;it | would privateer |
| we | would privateer |
| you | would privateer |
| they | would privateer |
Perfect
| I | would have privateered |
| you | would have privateered |
| he;she;it | would have privateered |
| we | would have privateered |
| you | would have privateered |
| they | would have privateered |
Imperative
| you | privateer |
| we | Let's privateer |
| you | privateer |
Verbs conjugated like 'privateer'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'privateer'
orienteer,
privatise,
privatize,
profiteer,
apricate,
chivaree,
crater,
derivate,
fritter,
missteer,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From private + -eer probably after volunteer, shortened from the original term "Private Man-of-war".
Sample Sentences
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The principle of collective bargaining has been a basic point of dispute; it infringes, as Perlman pointed out, the privileges associated with private ownership and management of property. […] These so-called charters were simply a license given to shady elements to privateer against the strong and growing unions. [1942, Valdimer Orlando Key, Politics, parties and pressure groups, page 95:]
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The objective of the privatisation law of July 1990 was to achieve an ownership structure similar to that in western Europe within five years, with approximately half of state-owned assets to be privateered in the first three years. [1995, Review of agricultural policies: Poland, page 75:]
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They are generally kept in "detention centers" in the Australian desert, or on islands in international waters privateered by the government. These are operated by private security firms, which are not subject to international agreements. [2004, Harvard Political Review, volume 31, page 31:]