swashbuckling
adjective
swash·buck·ling
ˈswäsh-ˌbə-k(ə-)liŋ 
ˈswȯsh-
1
: acting in the manner of a swashbuckler
2
: characteristic of, marked by, or done by swashbucklers
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Your swashbuckling kindergartener can learn how to trade with—and rob—people by playing as miniature pirates on the high seas.
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Adrienne So, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
While those swashbuckling days are largely over, boards of directors and CEOs still need to be prepared for activist proposals and unsolicited takeover bids.
—Jeff Jacobs, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Hernandez played with swashbuckling aggression, ranging far from his positional crouch, expanding the realm.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
When working, they are not incarcerated men, but swashbuckling pirates, Old West cowboys and Shakespearean antiheroes.
—Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
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Adrienne So, WIRED, 9 Oct. 2024
While those swashbuckling days are largely over, boards of directors and CEOs still need to be prepared for activist proposals and unsolicited takeover bids.
—Jeff Jacobs, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Hernandez played with swashbuckling aggression, ranging far from his positional crouch, expanding the realm.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2024
When working, they are not incarcerated men, but swashbuckling pirates, Old West cowboys and Shakespearean antiheroes.
—Ashley Lee, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2024
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swashbuckling
adjective
swash·buck·ling
ˈswäsh-ˌbək-(ə-)liŋ
ˈswȯsh-
1
: acting in the manner of a swashbuckler
2
: characteristic of, marked by, or done by swashbucklers
swashbuckling adventure
a swashbuckling tale
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