Reverse Dictionary: PIRACY

ADJECTIVES
► CURSARARY pert. to corsairs (pirates) → 1632 obs.

ADVERBS
► PIRATOUSLY in a piratical manner, by piracy → 1538 obs.

NOUNS
► BLACKJACK the black flag of a pirate → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► OLD ROGER the pirates’ flag, the Jolly Roger → 18C sl.
► ROGUE a pirate ship → 1689 US
► SALLEE ROVER a Moorish pirate ship → 1686 obs.
► SALLEE-MAN a Moorish pirate ship → 1637 obs.
► SCUMMERFARE piracy → 1358 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ACKMAN a freshwater thief or pirate → 1921 sl. (Bk.)
► ACKPIRATE a freshwater thief or pirate → 1921 sl. (Bk.)
► ALGERINE one who acts like a pirate → 1841 US
► BEACHCOMBER a pirate → 1922 (Bk.)
► CAPER a privateer; the captain of a privateer; a corsair → 1657 obs. exc. hist.
► DAVY JONES’S NATURAL CHILDREN pirates; smugglers → 19C nautical usage
► GALLIOT a pirate → c1425 obs.
► LADRONE a highwayman, pirate, robber, thief (main usage in books on Spain or Spanish America) → 1832
► LOTMAN a pirate → ? L18 nautical sl.
► MAROONER a buccaneer, a pirate → 1661
► MOSS-TROOPER a pirate → 1992 sl. (Bk.)
► PETER BOATMAN a river pirate → 1798 sl.
► RAT a pirate → 1623 obs.
► SCAUMER a pirate, a plunderer; a cattle-lifter → 1836 Sc. obs.