0 used to describe business people who are determined to succeed even if this involves taking big risks:
He was the original buccaneering capitalist.
His buccaneering style involved him in challenging such matters as the conveyancing monopoly and sharp business practices.
He showed that he had a bold and buccaneering spirit, and he was loudly cheered by his supporters.
Above all, we have to stop this fragmented and at times buccaneering approach in our civil air transport industry.
The buccaneers of today are not going to sponsor that kind of buccaneering.
He has a buccaneering mind, and that is the spirit in which he is entering on the proceedings upstairs.
It seems a relic of the bad old buccaneering days which we thought were long past.
That kind of thing may have been good enough for the buccaneering days of nineteenth century profitability.
Empire-building, particularly competitive empire-building, can be romantic, but it can also lead to buccaneering.
