picaroon
or pick·a·roon
a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.
a pirate or corsair.
to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.
Origin of picaroon
1Words Nearby picaroon
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How to use picaroon in a sentence
But I never believed in them as devoutly as I believed in the destruction of that infernal picaroon.
The Wing-and-Wing | J. Fenimore CooperI observed wretched devils playing here, whose whole standing kit would not have brought a picaroon at vendue.
Impressions of America | Tyrone PowerOn the way from Genoa to Messina Irving's vessel was boarded by a piratical picaroon.
Washington Irving | Henry W. BoyntonMacRae threw open his hatches and counted the salmon as they came flipping off the point of a picaroon.
Poor Man's Rock | Bertrand W. Sinclairpicaroon, a pirate or buccaneer originally; now an ordinary thief.
The Slang Dictionary | John Camden Hotten
British Dictionary definitions for picaroon
pickaroon
/ (ˌpɪkəˈruːn) /
archaic an adventurer or rogue
Origin of picaroon
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