verb
- acted as a pirate or engaged in piracy
Usage: archaic; nautical
Examples
- The crew picarooned along the Spanish coast for several months.
- He picarooned in the Caribbean during the golden age of piracy.
- The ship’s captain had picarooned before turning to legitimate trade.
- They picarooned merchant vessels throughout the Atlantic.
- After being picarooned by raiders, the settlement was abandoned.