buccaneer
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- n someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
- v live like a buccaneer
- He's an '80s-style corporate buccaneer who plundered Western Union, rattled American Brands and took runs at Prime Computer and RJR Nabisco.
- Back in 1987, the best way to waste time on a Commodore 64 computer was to play the part of a grog-swilling buccaneer in the 17th century Caribbean: getting rich on plunder or .
- The difference, a tour guide informed me on a recent trip to Cartagena, between a pirate and a buccaneer is that latter is officially sanctioned by a state.