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n. hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it
Word Usage
"Joss liked good clothes and he wore them well, but nothing could totally disguise what her grandfather had described as his buccaneering quality; that arrogant maleness that no amount of city suiting could tame."