Object

• expedition: Drake undertook a further privateering expedition to the West Indies in company with Hawkins.

• venture: Several of these were financed by merchants actively engaged in the privateering ventures.

Converse of object

• capture: Under Thomson's command, Colibri captured seven privateers during the first two years of the war.

• take: Smugglers were the " Hound's " principal prey, but she took several small enemy privateers during the French war.

• let: New Labor is prepared to let the privateers, mostly anti-union companies, wreck the postal service.

Converse of subject

• capture: On his voyage he was captured by a French privateer.

Adjective modifier

• French: On the way there they captured in the port of Achin a French privateer ready to cruise in the South China Sea.

• Spanish: On their outward voyage, they narrowly escaped capture by a Spanish privateer.

• American: The smaller vessels also did well, and American privateers carried the war to the very shores of England.

• English: To make matters worse, by the end of the century English privateers were capturing increasing numbers of Portuguese ships carrying pepper.

• small: However, the big frigates were not enough for the myriad small French privateers.

• Dutch: In November fought with a Dutch privateer for four or five hours.

Modifies a noun

• team: A strong field of privateer teams hopes to challenge the factory riders at Daytona.

• lugger: The third Defender was a French privateer lugger, captured in the same year.

• entrant: No. The race is for the " privateer entrant " who has the necessary experience to drive fast on the open road.

• brig: During a stormy night on 5 February 1801 AMELIA captured the French privateer brig LA JUSTE of St. Malo.

• bike: Sheene then raced with a Yamaha, sponsored by Akai but found that the privateer bike was no match against the works machinery.

Noun used with modifier

• NHS: Government advertises for NHS privateers ( 30/6/06 ) UNISON calls for TUC meeting over ' breach of trust ' more.

• enemy: Smugglers were the " Hound's " principal prey, but she took several small enemy privateers during the French war.

Preposition: of

• gun: In March 1745 he captured a French privateer of 14 guns and carried the prize into Kinsale.