pirate

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of PIRATE

someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea <Sir Francis Drake was a British pirate who preyed on Spanish ships with the connivance of Elizabeth I>

Synonyms buccaneer, corsair, freebooter, rover

Related Words despoiler, looter, marauder, pillager, plunderer, raider, robber; privateer

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