Thesaurus results for PRIVATEER

privateer

noun

Definition of privateer

as in raider

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Recent Examples of privateer The ghost ship of Harpswell had been the privateer Dash, which had been lost at sea after compiling its remarkable record. — Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025 The muse, known as Lucybelle II, was a rare privateer entry that demonstrated the determination of non-factory teams. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2025 Those 64 ships had 1,242 guns, compared to 14,872 privateer guns. — Rick Bennett, Time, 17 Sep. 2025 But it was captured by a British privateer and departed for Jamaica, crammed with 442 enslaved people. — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for privateer

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Noun

The series chronicles the rise of Norse raiders Erik Bloodaxe (Xavier Molyneux) and his wife Gunnhild, Mother of Kings (Jessica Madsen).

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026
Frank and Jesse James rode with them as the raiders killed 150 to 200 men and boys and burned down nearly every business on Massachusetts Street, as well as dozens of homes.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of raider

Noun

In Tokyo and Osaka, there are Chinese gangsters, Brazilian robbers, and even a gang of thieves from Serbia and Montenegro called the Pink Panthers.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The robbers were given a key and information about the property by Anthony Black, a security guard at the warehouse whose sister was in a relationship with Robinson.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of robber

Noun

Wild to me though that something that expensive would just be dropped off with porch pirates out there.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Jamal convened a press conference proclaiming to be able to communicate by phone with Somali pirates who were holding a Nigerian ship hostage.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of pirate

Noun

According to character descriptions provided by the streamer, Mantzoukas plays Lambros, a local store owner and occasional looter of the treasures unearthed at the dig site.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
The idea was that in the wake of the death of my main series for 12 years, Destiny, this Splatoon looter shooter could make that sting a bit less.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of looter

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Known as the Shark Bay UNESCO World Heritage Site, the place gets its name from English buccaneer-cum-naturalist William Dampier, who was overcome by the bay’s sheer abundance and the size of the marine predators during a visit in 1699.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
The final devastating raid by English buccaneers in 1686 left the outpost stripped of the very riches that had invited its ruin.

— Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026