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Avast, me hearties!
Privateers are licensed by a government to yoink whatever they want from enemy ships, for war reasons.
And it very well may!
Stephen Colbert Explains Why Privateering May Make a Comeback
Stephen Colbert on Why Privateering May Make a Comeback. The Washington Post conjectured that Congress could issue Letters of Marque to seize Russian oligarchs’ megayachts, which would be a throwback to Sir Francis Drake–style privateering.
