go on the account

verb

Definitions

  1. To become a pirate

    To become a pirate; to join a pirating or filibustering expedition.

    • And as for serving under Goffe, I hope it is no new thing for gentlemen of fortune who are going on the account, to change a Captain now and then?
    • However, during peacetime, privateers and navy men were left without employment, so they often went on the account.

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