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pirates

NOUN

buccaneer

Synonyms

STRONGEST

raider

STRONG

corsair filibuster freebooter marauder privateer rover

WEAK

picaroon sea rover

Example Sentences

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Across several studies, participants who listened to specific excerpts from symphonies by Liszt or Mahler imagined similar narratives in the music—storms, pirates and shipwrecks, in one case.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Sources said it was overrun by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, near the port of Qana.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

"We're like pirates," he added to cheers from the crowd.

From Barron's • May 2, 2026

So yeah, bald eagles are like pirates, swooping in and taking what they want, when they want it.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2026

Could she travel halfway around the world, braving the very real dangers of pirates, shipwreck, and disease, to face a wild and unknown land?

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman