buccaneering

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun 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
verb live like a buccaneer

Our new plan was to go to South America on a buccaneering expedition. — Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison: Fifteen Years in Solitude, Austin Bidwell
For my part, I see no way of getting it except our old plan of buccaneering." — Aladdin & Co.: A Romance of Yankee Magic, Herbert Quick
It is a curious fact that the commerce of the seas was cradled in the lap of buccaneering. — Great Pirate Stories, Unknown

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