Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In maritime law, the embezzlement of goods on board a ship.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mar. Law) The embezzlement of goods on shipboard.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
embezzlement ofgoods onshipboard .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of plundering (especially the embezzlement of goods on shipboard)
Etymologies
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plunder + -age.
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Examples
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This is with the view of saving lighterage and plunderage, and bringing the great mass of commerce so much nearer to the heart of the City.
The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867
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That Wharfingers ihouldbe Uabto for plunderage of goods in the warehoufcs under their charge y (which is known to be very extenfiv. e at prefent;) and that fiich Wharfingers a»nd 'Warehoufe-men ffiould fee that all ffigar calks are flowed upon their bulge, and not upon their ends, as at prefent, to prevent drainage.
A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis: Containing a Detail of the Various Crimes and ... Patrick Colquhoun 1797
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