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Wat (wie) is buccaneering - definitie
buccaneering
If you describe someone as buccaneering, you mean that they enjoy being involved in risky or even dishonest activities, especially in order to make money. (BRIT)
...a buccaneering British businessman.
ADJ: ADJ n
buccaneer
PRIVATEERS OR FREE SAILORS DURING THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES
Buccaneers; Buccanneer; Bucaneer; Corsair (pirate); Boucanier; Bucanero
n.
Pirate, corsair, sea-rover, sea-robber, freebooter, picaroon.
buccaneer
PRIVATEERS OR FREE SAILORS DURING THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES
Buccaneers; Buccanneer; Bucaneer; Corsair (pirate); Boucanier; Bucanero
[?b?k?'n??]
¦ noun
1. historical a pirate, originally one preying on ships in the Caribbean.
2. a recklessly adventurous and unscrupulous person.
Derivatives
buccaneering adjective
Origin
C17 (orig. denoting European hunters in the Caribbean): from Fr. boucanier, from boucan 'a frame on which to cook or cure meat', from Tupi mukem.
Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor buccaneering
1. We hear a lot about the bracing winds of globalisation – footloose capital, buccaneering business, accelerating change.
2. Described by one son as buccaneering and stubborn, Fry also threw himself into a variety of building projects.
3. It was the buccaneering Labour backbencher Bob Marshall–Andrews QC who publicly expressed doubts recently about the mental condition of the former Home Secretary, David Blunkett.
4. The financial press is full of stories about how the once dominant New York exchange is now battling to emulate the buccaneering success of London.
5. But previous efforts were led by buccaneering individual entrepreneurs rather than established private equity houses, and they did not get very far.