as in pirate
someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea buccaneers preyed upon treasure-laden ships in the Caribbean for nearly three hundred years

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Recent Examples of buccaneer The buyout buccaneers of the 1980s were their own clients, bootstrapping their corporate takeovers until their sky-high returns lured in outside money. Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 19 June 2025 But that’s not all… Reality Distortion According to Vasko, cyber criminals behind this type of villainy may be thought of as AI buccaneers—digital pirates often paid to instigate corporate espionage and theft. Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 But their populations plummeted in the 18th and 19th centuries, as buccaneers and whalers nabbed tortoises for meat and oil. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025 Leon, even at this early stage, is a dashing buccaneer of a left back, forever setting off in search of adventure in the final third. Jack Lang, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for buccaneer
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pirate
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  • Off the coast between Somalia and Yemen, the ship was attacked by pirates, and passengers were told to wait on Deck 5 as the captain sped up the ship.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Participants are encouraged to dress like a pirate and to wear shoes and clothes that can get wet.
    Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Buccaneer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buccaneer. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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