privateers

noun

plural of privateer
as in marauders

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  1. raiders
  2. robbers
  3. pirates
  4. buccaneers
Noun
  • Known as the Danegeld, it was collected to pay Viking raiders to leave England alone.
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • For decades, tomb raiders have pillaged sites across the country, selling them on the black market.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 19 June 2026
Definition of raiders
Noun
  • The robbers then fled the scene in a black sport-utility vehicle, police said.
    — Jacob Sarracino, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • Aguilar drew his gun and fatally shot one of the robbers before he was killed.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of robbers
Noun
  • But then a banquet meal goes horribly awry, and pirates sink the ship.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 17 July 2026
  • Originally known as Gorda Cay, it is believed that pirates frequented the island in the 1700s.
    — Christian Sylt, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Definition of pirates
Noun
  • 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
Definition of buccaneers
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