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  1. A privately owned and armed ship commissioned
  2. by a state to attack enemy vessels. The crews
  3. of such ships were, in effect, legalized
  4. pirates; they were not paid but received a
  5. share of the spoils. Privateering existed
  6. from ancient times until the 19th century,
  7. when it was declared illegal by the
  8. Declaration of Paris 1856.
  9.