picaroon

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Picaroon, pik-a-rōōn′, n. one who lives by his wits: a cheat: a pirate.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

But really you are too much of a Picaroon.

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph

One of the most noted of these occasions was the repulse of ten Picaroon barges that attacked the United States topsail schooner "Experiment," and a fleet of merchantmen under her charge.

From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)

John, who was clever but frivolous, dissipated, and tricksy, he termed Rigdumfunnidos, or his "little Picaroon."

From Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series) by Hutton, Richard Holt

I got a prospectus of the scheme this morning from Shark, Picaroon & Co.,

From Austin and His Friends by Balfour, Frederic H.