privateering in a sentence

Examples

1. New York City was the centre for privateering.
2. The community would be a base for privateering until the war's end.
3. Eventually, he decided to abandon privateering altogether.
4. Boyle spent the next two months preparing for his fifth and final privateering voyage.
5. The Spanish responded to the raids by encouraging privateering raids against Carolina coastal plantations.
6. This 70 % drop in trade was triggered by British privateering of French ships.
7. The Civil War was the last time a belligerent power seriously resorted to privateering.
8. The Letter of marque expired in 1808 whereupon Azopardo retired from the privateering business.
9. A sponsor s goals for a privateering operation are often defeated by public exposure.
10. Selkirk returned to privateering with a vengeance.