buccaneering
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- noun
- /ˌbʌkəˈnɪrɪŋ/
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piratería
- The buccaneering crew launched an attack on the merchant ship, demanding treasure.
- buccaneering spirit
- buccaneering capitalist
Examples
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Even as Burnett's last work was fiction and attempted to reinvigorate the buccaneering narrative of Louis Becke and Robert Louis Stevenson with a modern touch, it did not receive wide acclaim.
Academic text (2014) -
During the golden age of piracy, buccaneering was a common practice among sailors seeking fortune.
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In the seventeenth century, for example, buccaneering was a potentially profitable—if risky—alternative to sugar planting.
Academic text (1994) -
In David Cameron's peroration to the assembled reactionaries, one of a string of bigoted conceits was a reference to Britain as a "buccaneering" nation.
Blog text (3) -
Even more heinous, from a Muslim point of view, was his threat to Arabia and a memorable buccaneering expedition in the Red Sea, featuring attacks on Muslim shipping and the Hijaz ports that served Mecca and Medina.
Academic text (1998) -
He recounted tales of his buccaneering adventures on the high seas, where he seized control of enemy vessels.
Synonyms
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Taking control of a ship or plane by force to steal from it
An attack on ships or coasts to steal goods
An act of stealing goods, often the cargo from a ship
How Piratical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Buccaneering comes from the French boucanier, originally a man who smoked meat on a wooden frame called a boucan, much like a 'barbecue'. Those hunters later turned into Caribbean pirates, so buccaneering came to mean 'piracy' or 'raiding' at sea.