"seizure by way of reprisal," mid-15c., in letters of marque "official permission to capture enemy merchant ships," from Anglo-French mark (mid-14c.), via Old French from Old Proven?al marca "reprisal," from marcar "seize as a pledge, mark," probably from a Germanic source (compare Old High German marchon "delimit, mark;" see mark (n.1)), but the sense evolution is difficult.
例文
1. Letters of Marque ：Take letters from a warning friendly power authorizing privateering.
私掠許可証：ある国から合法的な強盗の証明書を取得する。
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米ケーブルネットワーク関連企業によると、シャングリラブランド警察署からの監視ビデオがある。
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