Entry Word: pirate

Function: noun

Meaning: someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea <Sir Francis Drake was a British pirate who preyed on Spanish ships with the permission of the British queen>

Synonyms buccaneer, corsair, freebooter, rover

Related Words looter, marauder, pillager, plunderer, raider, robber; privateer; burglar, housebreaker, stealer, thief; hijacker, rustler