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to buccaneer

to buccaneer

9.1
To live and act like a pirate by attacking ships for treasure
  • verb
  • /ˌbʌkəˈnɪr/
translation icon : actuar como bucanero

Examples

  • Our history is a trading, buccaneering history –- back to Drake and beyond, and that's what we're good at.

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  • It is also unrealistic to expect that a man like John O'Neill, who achieved so much because of his buccaneering spirit and deadly charm, would not also have an outsized sex drive.

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  • The adventurer decided to buccaneer through the Caribbean, seeking treasures and thrills along the way.

  • After years of playing it safe, she chose to buccaneer in her career and pursue her dream of starting a surf shop.

  • He loved to buccaneer in new ventures, always looking for the next bold opportunity.

Synonyms

to swashbuckle
vsto buccaneer
  • Literature
2 8.2

To act in a bold, flashy way like a pirate or story hero

acts with piratical sea-roving boldness rather than theatrical heroics

Surface Forms

buccaneer infinitive
buccaneered past
buccaneered past participle
buccaneering present participle
buccaneers third person singular

Etymology

To buccaneer comes from the same French boucanier and keeps the idea of acting like those bold sea robbers. That's why to buccaneer is to 'raid' or take wild, risky action like a pirate.