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.
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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.
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