privateer
— Noun
– English
~ a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation
privateersman
— Noun
– English
~ an officer or crew member of a privateer
privately held corporation
— Noun
– English
~ a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market
privately
— Adverb
– English
~ kept private or confined to those intimately concerned; "it was discussed privately between the two men"; "privately, she thought differently"; "some member of his own party hoped privately for his defeat"; "he was questioned in private"
privately
— Adverb
– English
~ by a private person or interest; "a privately financed campaign"
privateness
— Noun
– English
~ the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
privateness
— Noun
– English
~ the condition of being concealed or hidden
privation
— Noun
– English
~ act of depriving someone of food or money or rights; "nutritional privation"; "deprivation of civil rights"
privation
— Noun
– English
~ a state of extreme poverty
privatisation
— Noun
– English
~ changing something from state to private ownership or control
privatise
— Verb
– English
~ change from governmental to private control or ownership; "The oil industry was privatized"
privatization
— Noun
– English
~ changing something from state to private ownership or control
privatize
— Verb
– English
~ change from governmental to private control or ownership; "The oil industry was privatized"
privet hedge
— Noun
– English
~ hedge of privet plants
privet
— Noun
– English
~ any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges
privet andromeda
— Noun
– English
~ deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers
priest-penitent privilege
— Noun
– English
~ the right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges
privilege
— Noun
– English
~ (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship
privilege
— Noun
– English
~ a right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"