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He was the original buccaneering capitalist.
The country will not stand for this modern buccaneering on the part of the landlords.
That campaign has been characterised by considerable panache and a buccaneering spirit.
In fact, some of the other buccaneers should have given up buccaneering a long time ago.
It dates from the time when sailors were allowed and expected to do a little buccaneering on their own.
We need a new and buccaneering spirit of free trade.
The coal industry, the cotton industry, many other industries; it was the golden age of financial buccaneering.
He knows all about this through his experience of buccaneering methods.
Empire-building, particularly competitive empire-building, can be romantic, but it can also lead to buccaneering.