Sentences with 'privateers'

Example sentences and phrases with the word privateers and other words derived from it.

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« Nevertheless, Elizabeth approved of English privateers, sea captains who had been given permission by the home government to attack the enemy at will. »
« These privateers began a campaign of raids against Spanish possessions in the New World and even Spanish ports, culminating in the sinking of a Spanish fleet anchored at Cadiz in 1587. »
« As hostility between England and Spain grew, Elizabeth's government sponsored privateers - pirates working for the English crown - led by a skilled and ruthless captain named Sir Francis Drake. »

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