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Buccaneering

noun
1.
Hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it.  Synonym: piracy.





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"Buccaneering" Quotes from Famous Books



... had evidently just been hewn down, bore the name of Crowninshield; and he recollected a mighty rich man of that name, who made a vulgar display of wealth, which it was whispered he had acquired by buccaneering. ...
— Tales of a Traveller • Washington Irving
... dared to dream of thus far, while, with our views brought into accord, we should be as brothers to each other. I am ambitious, Dugdale, and I tell you that if you will join me we can and will revive the glories of the old buccaneering days and make ourselves feared and reverenced all over the globe; we will be sea-kings, you and I. What need is there for hesitation in the matter? Nay"—and he held up his hand as he saw that I was about to speak—"do not inflict upon me ...
— The Pirate Slaver - A Story of the West African Coast • Harry Collingwood


Words linked to "Buccaneering" :   hijacking, highjacking


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