Privateer 

1. A goverment sponsered pirate, or mercenary

2. An armed ship, privately owned. Or, a member of it's crew.

3. A reference used to describe a well equiped, mobile, independent business operator with a healthy sense of self interest.

A privateer has hijacked my entire operation.

Privateer by AngryCanadian October 30, 2006

Privateer 

A person who does dirty work for others

The privateer stole jonny’s money

Privateer by Hell cat2 September 29, 2019

Privateer 

Despite its rather fagged out sounding name, real Privateers are basically sea going mercenaries. They were often hired during the Age of Enlightenment to escort merchants and to fight against the Spanish/French/English depending on who they were working for.

omg omg omg wtf hax, that stupid privateer pwned like 4 pirate ships he is teh n00b haxor!

Privateer by Guy who collects bounties on Star Trek fans November 20, 2003

privateer 

Nickname of the University of New Orleans. Yet the mascot is an alligator.

The University of New Orleans Privateers were one game away from being in the 2004 NCAA Basketball tournament.

privateer by d-Mack April 30, 2004

privateer 

The best Stepmania player ever to grace the earth.

Holy shit did you see Privateer AAA Sonata Claro de Luna Mov.3? He's the best.

privateer by Privateer January 11, 2004

Privateer 

A privateer is a private person or ship, which carry arms to protect themselves from pirates, that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war by a sovereign or delegated authority, empowering the privateer to carry on all forms of hostility permissible at sea by the usages of war.

Also popularized by Linus Tech Tips as a more sublte version of Cyber Pirating.
On the WAN Show his viewers, that use Ad Blockers, got offended, when he called their action a form of Pirating. So he started using the word privateer.

I will privateer that software.
That is privateering.

Privateer by Mister Dictionary Man March 21, 2022

Privateer of Uncertainty

Pansexual butt pirate, under charter to the Queen

I think you have a chance. I hear they're a bold privateer of uncertainty. Offer to buy them a grog and see where it goes.

Privateer of Uncertainty by JohnsonFrog December 13, 2025