Thesaurus results for BUCCANEERS

buccaneers

noun

plural of buccaneer

as in pirates

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 buccaneers The conference curated a world of coming wonders for several hundred C-suite buccaneers who had paid up to fifty thousand dollars apiece to update their mental models and investment portfolios. —

Tad Friend, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025

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pirates

Noun

Besides those figures holding mufflers and tires, others were outfitted as cowboys, Indians, lumberjacks (often known as Paul Bunyans), astronauts, chefs, dentists, golfers, hot dog vendors, race-car drivers, pirates and service-station attendants.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
With the exception of a lot of writing about pirates, there were no other contemporary reports of economic dislocation.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 May 2026