go on the account
verbDefinitions
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.
The neighborhood
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