In 1891-92 Iran was roiled by protests against a tobacco monopoly granted to a British freebooter, a Major Talbot. |
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The very epitome of the 16th-century military freebooter and vagabond, the landsknecht was rightly feared wherever he went. |
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This is a political freebooter and scoundrel who is fated to end up in the company of sinister and fascist-minded elements. |
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Whether you are a pirate, a privateer or a freebooter, attacks and battles are part of your daily routine. |
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Some on the island have always thought of Stanford as a freebooter who has prospered magnificently on their shores. |
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To forestall them, Alfonso offered the spoils of the city to the freebooter Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, called El Cid. |
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Old nautical terms still in use include buoy, deck, dock, freebooter, hoist, leak, pump, skipper, and yacht. |
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If you want to rediscover the era of the freebooter, to admire the genius of the working boats, to submerse yourself in the techniques of navigation from long ago? |
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Rob was a freebooter with uncertain loyalty to James and was probably also engaged in cattle stealing and blackmail, old and at that time still honourable Highland practices. |
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