1. Someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
   "The buccaneer's ship was feared throughout the Caribbean";
   - pirate, sea robber, sea rover

1. Live like a buccaneer
   "The adventurers buccaneered along the coast, raiding small towns"

Derived forms: buccaneers, buccaneered, buccaneering

Type of: despoiler, freebooter, live, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, ransacker, spoiler

Encyclopedia: Buccaneer