Letter of marque

For the Patrick O'Brian novel, see The Letter of Marque. A letter of marque and reprisal is an official warrant or commission from a government authorizing the designated agent to search, seize, or destroy specified assets or personnel belonging to a party which has committed some offense under the laws of nations against the assets or citizens of the issuing nation, and has usually been used to authorize private parties to raid and capture merchant shipping of an enemy nation.
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Noun
1. a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation
(synonym) letters of marque, letter of mark and reprisal
(hypernym) license, licence, permit

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