picaroon

American  

[pik-uh-roon] / ˌpɪk əˈrun /

Or pickaroon

noun

1. a rogue, vagabond, thief, or brigand.

2. a pirate or corsair.

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verb (used without object)

1. to act or operate as a pirate or brigand.

picaroon British  

/ ˌpɪkəˈruːn /

noun

1. archaic an adventurer or rogue

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Etymology

Origin of picaroon

1615–25; < Spanish picarón, augmentative of pícaro picaro

Example Sentences

I observed wretched devils playing here, whose whole standing kit would not have brought a picaroon at vendue.

From Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Power, Tyrone

Nothing but the great need for secrecy had prevented more extended inland hospitalities to the brave Americanos who had destroyed the picaroon.

From The Noank's Log A Privateer of the Revolution by Stoddard, W. O.

The commander was a calm-tempered man, accustomed to disappointment, or he might have joined with some of the younger officers in their expressions of disgust at having lost the picaroon.

From The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Now, I knew how many a half dozen was, but I didn't have the slightest idea what a picaroon looked like nor what it was used for.

From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar

But if one is insane, if one has inherited one's grandfather's characteristics as idler, loafer, lounger, dreamer, lover or picaroon, what then?

From A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago by Hecht, Ben