Criminal at sea getting cross at stern of ship (6)
I believe the answer is:
pirate
I believe this is a quadruple definition!!
'criminal' is the first definition.
(pirate is a kind of criminal)
'at' is a link.
'sea' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)
'getting' acts as a link.
'cross at stern' is the third definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'of' acts as a link.
'ship' is the fourth definition.
(pirate is a kind of ship)
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pirate that I've seen before include "Run off without permission" , "Robber on the high scas" , "Silver, perhaps" , "Appropriate stuff" , "Freebooter" .)