sea robber


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sea′ rob`ber


n.
a pirate.
[1560–70]
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Noun1.sea robber - someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nationsea robber - someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation
buccaneer, sea rover, pirate
Barbary pirate, corsair - a pirate along the Barbary Coast
despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler - someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
sea king - a Viking pirate chief
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They were stern days, and if the honest soldier, too poor for a ransom, had no prospect of mercy upon the battle-field, what ruth was there for sea robbers, the enemies of humankind, taken in the very deed, with proofs of their crimes still swinging upon their yard-arm.
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