📚 noun • entry_id 34407
letter of marque
Meanings (ES + gloss)
patente de corso
An official commission from a government authorizing someone to seize the property or people of another nation; especially to attack merchant shipping of another nation.
A letter of marque came from the King / to the scummiest vessel I'd ever seen / God damn them all! I was told / We'd cruise the seas for American gold / We'd fire no guns, shed no…
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