reprisal : Idioms & Phrases
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letter of mark and reprisal
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noun a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation
letters of marque; letter of marque.
WordNet
Letters of marque , Letters of marque and reprisal
- a license or extraordinary commission granted by a government to a private person to fit out a privateer or armed ship to cruise at sea and make prize of the enemy's ships and merchandise. The ship so commissioned is sometimes called a letter of marque.
Webster 1913
Letters of marque and reprisal
- . See under
Marque .