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Letter Of Marque

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Noun

1. letter of mark and reprisal, letter of marque, letters of marque

a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation

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Letter Of Marque

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noun
1. 
a licence granted by a state to a private citizen to arm a ship and seize merchant vessels of another nation
2. 
a similar licence issued by a nation allowing a private citizen to seize goods or citizens of another nation

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