(n.) A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 17th and 18th centuries.
(v. i.) To act the part of a buccaneer; to live as a piratical adventurer or sea robber.
Example Sentences:
(1) Buccaneers 17-42 Saints When Drew Brees runs in for a touchdown in the fourth, that's pretty much end of the game.
(2) Later, Lord Birt said he admired the "bold, buccaneering spirit" of Rupert Murdoch but warned that Sky was "a financial behemoth now dwarfing other players, including the BBC, financially".
(3) The FBI investigated threats of violence made against Malcolm Glazer and his family around the time the late owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers was acquiring Manchester United, according to newly released documents.
(4) Anderson, the perennial new-season hope of the United faithful, was the midfield pivot who also made buccaneering runs at goal, while Zaha's pace, and his natural inclination to drift into the area whenever play shifted away from him, nearly yielded the former Palace man a goal.
(5) Mr Glazer’s long-established estate succession plan has assured the Buccaneers will remain with the Glazer family for generations to come.
(6) The Patriots gave up a seventh-round pick plus the rights to Jeff Demps, the Olympic sprinter who claimed a silver medal in the 4x100m relay at London 2012 , in order to obtain Blount from the Buccaneers in April of last year.
(7) He bought the National Football League's Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1995, paying a then record sum of $192m, even though the Bucs were a dismal team.
(8) A third-round pick from the 2002 draft is set to start for the Buccaneers this year.
(9) NFC Wildcards: San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers .
(10) They were of questionable vintage but against a backdrop of spongy-white plaster and dark wood beams, their buccaneering credentials appeared unimpeachable.
(11) Buccaneers 17-42 Saints But, as they say, it wasn't as close as that score indicates.
(12) At Seattle, Steven Hauschka kicked a 27-yard field goal with 8:11 left in overtime as the Seahawks overcame a 21-point deficit to beat the Buccaneers.
(13) In the postwar period he argued passionately for western Europe to come together, to promote free trade, and to build institutions which would endure so that our continent would never again see such bloodshed.” Vote Leave campaigners frequently paint themselves as making a patriotic argument for a buccaneering, free-trading Britain to cut itself loose from the ties of the EU.
(14) Several current and former Sky Sports employees claim Keys and Gray were a double act who were emblematic of a Sky Sports culture that characterised the broadcaster's buccaneering early days but which had failed to move with the rest of the company as it grew to become the biggest media force in Britain.
(15) Buccaneers to win And the rest Here are the rest of this week's games.
(16) Manchester United swept into the EFL Cup semi-finals with the kind of buccaneering display missing from their recent history.
(17) Some of the same buccaneering spirit is at work in Company Theatre .
(18) 6:37 3rd Qr Denver Broncos 31-0 Oakland Raiders, 0:15 3rd Qr Buffalo Bills 3-16 New England Patriots 2:33 3rd Qr Tampa Bay Buccaneers 17-28 New Orleans Saints 28, 6:35, 3rd Qr San Francisco 49ers 17-7 Arizona Cardinals, 6:13, 3rd Qr Kansas City Chiefs 24-14 San Diego Chargers, end of 3rd Qr St Louis Rams3-13 Seattle Seahawks, 5:00 3rd Qr Updated at 11.35pm GMT 11.28pm GMT TOUCHDOWN!
(19) He told a conference of the National Association of Pension Funds that shareholders, including pension funds, would need to take their place alongside regulators as a check on the excesses of buccaneering managers.
(20) 2) Tampa Bay Buccaneers Last season: 7-9 What next for the Muscle Hamster?
Raider
Definition:
(n.) One who engages in a raid.
Example Sentences:
(1) We have Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris coming to those platforms this December, and Tomb Raider: The Definitive Edition is available on PS4.” However, there is still some slight ambiguity about whether the deal is for Winter 2015 only.
(2) Ian Livingstone is not all that keen on being photographed near the life-sized model of Lara Croft in his study – even though he was largely responsible for launching her on the world nearly 20 years ago, and the heroine of the Tomb Raider video games, comics and films helped to make his fortune.
(3) On Sunday, Foles did something that only six other players have achieved in NFL history, throwing for seven touchdowns in a single game as the Eagles obliterated the Oakland Raiders 49-20 .
(4) Relying on Hitler for an analogy makes people sound as if their history lessons were limited to Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark.
(5) Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) Terrelle Pryor's 93-yard TD run is the longest rushing play in Raiders history.
(6) He played in just four games for the Raiders, recording three tackles.
(7) The mood changes when a robot messenger controlled by Ultron arrives and mocks the superheroes, moments before a horde of raiders smashes into the building.
(8) "We like his athleticism," said the Raiders' head coach, Dennis Allen.
(9) In a giffa, anything goes: the raiders can arrest people in the street or at home.
(10) Outside the tax ministry, drum-banging, bell-clanging protesters from the Anti-Raider League of Entrepreneurs, an anti-corruption group, alleged that crooked officials from the previous administration had merely been shuffled around.
(11) Huthart, who is British, worked with Jolie on movies including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Salt and Mr and Mrs Smith.
(12) At a press conference ahead of the Gamescom video game event in Cologne, Crystal Dynamics studio head Darrell Gallagher took to the stage to confirm that Rise of the Tomb Raider, follow-up to last year’s critically acclaimed reboot of the long-running action adventure series, will be “exclusive to Xbox”.
(13) If you're a Raiders fan, well, you need to work on your grammar.
(14) The Raiders are also in this game I've been told by people I trust but I'll have to take their word on this.
(15) His statements take some unpacking, and for fans of the Tomb Raider series they're not encouraging.
(16) Jolie - who starred in Tomb Raider, which was shot in neighbouring Cambodia - and Pitt have three children.
(17) The Miami Dolphins have just traded for the No.3 slot from the Raiders... 1.31am BST Reaction Cutting response to that pick from former Ravens head coach Brian Billick: 1.29am BST Raiders on the clock... 1.28am BST Paolo's verdict on Luke Joeckel Paolo says: So I guess the Jaguars like burgers too.
(18) He was the second victim of raiders following an appearance on the MTV show after former England goalkeeper Ian Walker was also targeted.
(19) Still in her nightgown, she was carried to a small boat before the raiders sped away.
(20) Obviously games mattered to the crowd, who cheered Jobs's announcement that 12 current games, including Tomb Raider III, StarCraft, Heretic 2, Age of Empires, Quake and Quest for Glory 5 would be out on the Mac within the next 120 days.