sī​lüè

to privateer

  • created sense approved 私掠 · sī​lüè · to privateer — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    私掠

    sī​lüè

    to privateer

    to engage in state-sponsored piracy by attacking and robbing merchant ships; to privateer

    私 (literal) → 私 · sī · secretly 掠 (literal) → 掠 · lüè · to plunder

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense