What are some opposite words for buccaneer?
Antonyms for buccaneer
ˌbʌk əˈnɪərbuc·ca·neer
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buccaneer
A robber seeks to obtain the property of others by force or intimidation; a thief by stealth and secrecy. In early English thief was freely used in both senses, as in Shakespeare and the Authorized Version of the English Bible, which has "two thieves" (Matt. xxvii, 38), where the Revised Version more correctly substitutes "two robbers."
Synonyms:
bandit, brigand, burglar, depredator, despoiler, footpad, forager, freebooter, highwayman, marauder, pillager, pirate, plunderer, raider, robber, thief
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Princeton's WordNet
pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea roververb
someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
Synonyms:
sea robber, plagiarist, plagiarizer, literary pirate, plagiariser, pirate ship, sea rover, piratebuccaneerverb
live like a buccaneer
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