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Ch 6 vocab
Term | Definition |
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mercenary | hired soldier. |
Transfer | to move |
recruit | to enlist in the military |
previous | earlier |
aid | to help |
desert | to leave without permission or intent to come back. |
inflation | when it takes more and more money to buy the same amount of goods. |
issue | to deliver or hand out. |
blockade | measure that keeps a country from communicating and trading with other nations. |
privateer | privately owned ship outfitted with weapons. |
impact | an effect. |
sustain | to suffer or experience. |
strategy | a plan of action. |
siege | an attempt to force surrender by blocking the movement of people or goods into or out of a place. |
pursue | to proceed with. |
ratify | to approve officially. |
ambush | an attack in which the attacker hides and surprises the enemy. |