Privateer

Noun

 * 1)  A privately owned warship that had official sanction to attack enemy ships and take possession of their cargo.
 * 2) An officer or any other member of the crew of such a ship.
 * 3)  A private individual entrant into a race or competition who does not have the backing of a large, professional team.

Verb

 * 1) To function under official sanction permitting attacks on enemy shipping and seizing ship and cargo; to engage in government-sponsored piracy.

Thesaurus
AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Blackbeard, Captain Hook, Captain Kidd, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Henry Morgan, Jean Lafitte, Neptune, OD, Poseidon, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, air pirate, airplane hijacker, bluejacket, buccaneer, corsair, deep-sea man, fair-weather sailor, fisherman, freeboot, hearty, jack, jack afloat, jack-tar, jacky, limey, lobsterman, mariner, matelot, navigator, picaroon, pirate, rover, sailor, salt, sea dog, sea king, sea rover, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, shipman, skyjacker, tar, viking, water dog, whaler, windjammer, windsailor

Noun

 * Finnish:
 * Italian: nave corsara


 * Portuguese: navio corsário


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,


 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: corsário