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Definition of buccaneer : 1. A robber upon the sea; a pirate; - a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries.
2. To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.

Synonyms:

highwayman, raider, plagiarist, marauder, bandit, plagiarizer, pirate ship, literary pirate, footpad, despoiler, sea robber, thief, plunderer, criminal, burglar, forager, pillager, freebooter, robber, sea rover, pirate, depredator, brigand, plagiariser

Usage examples:

• What you want is some one more of the Young Lochinvar type, or a buccaneer. - "Lalage's Lovers 1911", George A. Birmingham.
• The Old Buccaneer seems to have had money too. - "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
• On shooting mornings Maria ceased to be a buccaneer, a glutton, and a hypocrite. - "Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.", E. OE. Somerville Martin Ross.