flibuster
flibystɛʁ
IPA
flibystɛʁ•flibystɛʀ•
Definition
Definition of flibuster - Reverso French Dictionary
Verb
1.
métierintr. Dated exercer le métier de pirate des mersintr. Dated
- Il décida de flibuster dans les Caraïbes au XVIIe siècle.
2.
attaquetr./intr. Dated attaquer à la manière des pirates des merstr./intr. Dated
- Les corsaires flibustaient les navires marchands espagnols.
Origin of flibuster
anglais, filibuster (pirate) + -
Examples of flibuster in a sentence
Ils rêvaient de flibuster comme leurs ancêtres corsaires. 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, atacar como pirata, ...
- 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, ...
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