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filibustero

Filibustero vs Privateer - What's the difference?

filibustero | privateer |


As nouns the difference between filibustero and privateer

is that filibustero is pirate, plunderer, freebooter while privateer is (nautical) a privately owned warship that had official sanction to attack enemy ships and take possession of their cargo.

As a verb privateer is

to function under official sanction permitting attacks on enemy shipping and seizing ship and cargo; to engage in government-sponsored piracy.