flibuster

flibystɛʁ

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Definition of flibuster - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

métier

intr.

Dated

exercer le métier de pirate des mers

intr.

Dated

Il décida de flibuster dans les Caraïbes au XVIIe siècle.

écumer

piller

pirater

attaque

tr./intr.

Dated

attaquer à la manière des pirates des mers

tr./intr.

Dated

Les corsaires flibustaient les navires marchands espagnols.

agresser

assaillir

attaquer

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Origin of flibuster

anglais, filibuster (pirate) + -

Examples of flibuster in a sentence

Pendant des années, il a flibusté au large des côtes africaines.
Ils projetaient de flibuster les galions chargés d'or.
Le capitaine rêvait de flibuster sur toutes les mers du Sud.

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English:pirate, raid, ...
German:piraten, kapern, ...
Italian:fare il pirata, assaltare come pirati, ...
Spanish:piratear, asaltar, ...
Portuguese:fazer pirataria, piratear, ...
Chinese:当海盗, 劫掠, ...
Japanese:海賊をする, 襲撃する, ...
Arabic:قَرْصَنَ, هاجم كقراصنة, ...
Hebrew:לִפְרֹשׁ בַּיָּם כְּפִירָאט, לִתְקוֹף כְּמוֹ שׁוֹדֵד יָם, ...
Russian:заниматься морским пиратством, нападать как пират, ...
Ukrainian:піратствувати, грабувати по-піратськи, ...
Catalan:piratejar, atacar com un pirata, ...
Danish:drive sørøveri, kapre, ...
Dutch:zeeroveren, kapen, ...
Greek:πειρατεύω, κουρσεύω, ...
Khmer:ប្រកបរបរជាចោរសមុទ្រ, ប្លន់, ...
Korean:해적질하다, 해적처럼 공격하다, ...
Polish:uprawiać piractwo, napadać jak pirat, ...
Portuguese (BR):praticar pirataria, piratear, ...
Romanian:a face piraterie, a jefui, ...
Swedish:vara sjörövare, kapa, ...
Thai:เป็นโจรสลัด, ปล้นเรือ, ...
Turkish:korsanlık yapmak, korsanca saldırmak, ...
Vietnamese:làm nghề cướp biển, tấn công như cướp biển, ...

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