BUCCANEER is validvalid

to pirate [v BUCCANEERED, BUCCANEERING, BUCCANEERS] : BUCCANEERING [n]

92,441 of 196,601 in NWL2023·also valid in CSW24

a pirate, originally of the Spanish-American coasts; an unscrupulous adventurer [n -S] / to act as a buccaneer, also BUCCANIER [v -ED, -ING, -S]