Dread Pirate
Try buccaneer, privateer or corsair.
Buccaneer is a word for pirate.
a buccaneer is another name for a pirate.
Jean Laffite was in fact a privateer and not a pirate a privateer was allowed to do it a pirate did it for fun and jean Laffite didn't do it for fun he was paid to do it by Spain!
Pirate or Privateer
That privateer was no more than a legalized pirate.
It is a privateer, provided it is commissioned or authorised by a Government (usually in time of war). Otherwise, it may be classed as a pirate or buccaneer.
buccaneer
Irate pirate.
A privateer is the agent of a sovereign state. Usually he is commissioned to harass the shipping of some specific other country or countries, and he is allowed to keep what goods he can capture as his reward. A pirate is just a thief. There is not any difference between a pirate and a privateer except pirates is not allowed to steal and a privateer is allowed to steal. A pirate belongs to a captain while a privateer belongs to the king or governer. For an example the King of England saids "Yall have to destroy the French Ships and then bring back the French's goods". A privateer is like a hired pirate, who is free from all persecution when he steals A pirate will face persecution for stealing
nothing they are both old pirates but a buccanere is a assasin pirate,and a sea dog is a old pirate who has lost their leg or arm at pirate war
He was a buccaneer...so yes and no