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sea robber

sea·rob·ber

uncommon

noun

1.

someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

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From sea + robber, continuing earlier phrases from Middle English such as "robbowre on the see", "robbar yn the see", "robber be þe se", etc.

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