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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | A privateer was a private person or private warship authorized by a nation's government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping. Privateers were only entitled by their state to attack and rob enemy vessels during wartime and only ships of the country named in the letter of marque. Privateers are supposed to answer to the licensing state, which is responsible for overseeing them. At least in theory. Privateers were part of naval warfare of some nations from the 16th to the 19th centuries. The crew of a privateer, if captured, might be treated as prisoners of war by the enemy nation. Again, in theory. The costs of commissioning privateers was borne by investors hoping to gain a significant return from prize money earned from enemy merchants. Which was one of the main reasons to give out letter of marque in the first place: while expansion of the navy is additional expense for the state in a war, privateers are equipped by someone else, and even give some income. |