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Privateering , Attacks upon seaborne trade and shipping have been a feature of human maritime activity since the seas were first used for the transport of goods and… Marque And Reprisal , MARQUE AND REPRISAL
A commission by which the head of a government authorizes a private ship to capture enemy vessels.
The authority to do such captu… Privatization (business) , Privatization may be pursued with different aims in mind. The political aim is to break away from the past and create a new class of capitalists as q… closet , clos·et / ˈkläzit/ • n. 1. a small room or cupboard used for storing things. ∎ archaic a small, private room used for prayer or study. 2. archaic a t… private eye , private eye a private detective. The term is first recorded in a story (1938) by Raymond Chandler. It has been suggested that the origin of the expre… Privation , The concept of privation is essential for Freud. In The Future of An Illusion (1927c), he writes: "For the sake of a uniform terminology we will desc…
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