Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun letter_of_mark_and_reprisal

1 sense of letter of mark and reprisal

Sense 1
letter of marque, letters of marque, letter of mark and reprisal -- (a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation)
       => license, licence, permit -- (a legal document giving official permission to do something)