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 However, the swarthy crew has an abundance of muscles and ego, not one of the buccaneers knows how to read. Jamie Lang, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024 The Adventureland Suite exudes the romance of exploration, while the opulent Pirates of the Caribbean Suite is filled with a trove of treasure maps, chests and buccaneer memorabilia. Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2024 The first, the buccaneers, plundered Spain’s holdings around the Caribbean in the middle of the seventeenth century. Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024 Taylor Wily, Hawaii Five-0 and Forgetting Sarah Marshall actor, dies at 56 Perry appeared in the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film, which starred Penélope Cruz and Johnny Depp, as one of the buccaneers. Shania Russell, EW.com, 24 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for buccaneer
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  • The show will happen in a 60,000 square foot arena with Crimson and Sapphire pirates battling on deck, in the water, and in the sky above full-sized pirate ships.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 2 May 2025
  • However, for years, they were believed to be pirate ships, the museum said in a news release.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN Money, 2 May 2025

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