Buccaneer
WordNet

noun


(1)   Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

verb


(2)   Live like a buccaneer
WiktionaryText

Noun



  1. Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century; similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.

  1. A pirate.

Verb



  1. To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.
    • 1963, John Day, Arthur Henry Bullen (editor), The Works of John Day, page v
      In 1596 and 1597 he bucaneered against Sao Thomi, the Portuguese slaving settlement off the coast of West Africa, and in the Spanish Main
 
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