Since Kidd was a privateer for the British, this attack was considered an act of piracy. Kidd originally believed the vessel sailed under the French crown.
an officer or crew member of a privateer.
Corsair: a corsair is a French seaman or privateer who sailed mostly in the South Mediterranean sea.
All but the privateer died in the shipwreck.
The English Government misbehaved, and permitted the Confederate agents in England to launch and man three swift privateer ships--the Alabama is the best remembered of them--which chased United States shipping from the seas.
He captured several large treasure ships and then loaded his booty onto the ship that he captained when he was a privateer.
To sail as a privateer.
With the help of the privateer Astarta, Isolder was able to track down the murderer, the Pirate King Captain Harravan.
Since Kidd was a privateer for the British, this attack was considered an act of piracy.