Thesaurus results for PRIVATEER

privateer

noun

Definition of privateer

as in raider

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Recent Examples of privateer The ghost ship of Harpswell had been the privateer Dash, which had been lost at sea after compiling its remarkable record. — Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025 The muse, known as Lucybelle II, was a rare privateer entry that demonstrated the determination of non-factory teams. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2025 Those 64 ships had 1,242 guns, compared to 14,872 privateer guns. — Rick Bennett, Time, 17 Sep. 2025 But it was captured by a British privateer and departed for Jamaica, crammed with 442 enslaved people. — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for privateer

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Noun

The raiders’ prisoners are saved by Titus, a young man on a mysterious quest of his own, but once Bria is freed from captivity, Titus leaves her to fend for herself in the wilderness.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026
Known as the Danegeld, it was collected to pay Viking raiders to leave England alone.

— Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of raider

Noun

The film moved the action from Boston to New York and made the title character a wealthy art thief instead of a bank robber.

— Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 29 July 2026
When a duo of robbers (Joe Pesci‘s Harry and Daniel Stern‘s Marv) try to break in, Kevin sets a series of traps to deter them.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026

Definition of robber

Noun

After all, what are the pirate-ship kitchens Bourdain recounts early in Kitchen Confidential if not a more dangerous, adult version of the juvenile hijinks that have always fascinated Johnson?

— Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 29 July 2026
One, a delight for the kitchen — the pressure, the camaraderie, the artist's heart, the pirate's adoration of heat and knives — and, another, hard drugs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026

Definition of pirate

Noun

If the idea of a Splatoon looter-shooter appeals to you, then Splatoon Raiders should be on your radar.

— Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026
The looter’s story only came to light thanks to Bradley Gordon, an American lawyer based in Cambodia who has spent much of the last 14 years investigating the plunder of Khmer cultural heritage.

— Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 17 June 2026

Definition of looter

Noun

The final devastating raid by English buccaneers in 1686 left the outpost stripped of the very riches that had invited its ruin.

— Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Photos and videos of the interior reveal buccaneer style down to the most minute details, like octopus tentacle door handles.

— Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 24 June 2026