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LETTER OF MARK AND REPRISAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does letter of mark and reprisal mean?
• LETTER OF MARK AND REPRISAL (noun)
The noun LETTER OF MARK AND REPRISAL has 1 sense:
1. a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation
Familiarity information: LETTER OF MARK AND REPRISAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• LETTER OF MARK AND REPRISAL (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
letter of mark and reprisal; letter of marque; letters of marque
Hypernyms ("letter of mark and reprisal" is a kind of...):
licence; license; permit (a legal document giving official permission to do something)
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