buccaneering

adj.

1. 爱冒险的，大胆的（尤指经商方面）
   enjoying taking risks, especially in business
   1. Virgin's buccaneering founder, Richard Branson
      维珍公司富有冒险精神的创始人理查德∙布兰森

1. ADJ-GRADED （尤指以赚钱为目的）热衷投机的
   If you describe someone as buccaneering, you mean that they enjoy being involved in risky or even dishonest activities, especially in order to make money.
   1. ...a buccaneering British businessman.
      一个喜欢投机的英国商人

1. A calm and thoughtful lawyer, he is the antithesis of the buccaneering bosses of the 1990s.
   律师出身的他，为人沉着，且善于思考，与上世纪90年代那些莽莽撞撞的老板形成鲜明对比。
2. He spent many years travelling the world with buccaneering parties, and was involved in looting, violence and general piracy.
   许多个年头他带领着一帮野心勃勃的冒险家环游世界，干着杀人越货的海盗勾当。
3. His chocolate triumph is not the result of a snap buccaneering move, but follows decades of immersing himself in the cocoa business.
   他这场“巧克力胜仗”不是一次海盗式的快速掠夺，而是浸淫可可交易几十载的结果。
4. Vladimir Potanin was a buccaneering businessman who quit his job in the foreign ministry and within a few years built a small trading company into one of Russia's leading banks.
   弗拉基米尔。波大林（VladimirPotanin）是一个海盗式的商人，他辞去了在外交部的职务，建立了一个小贸易公司，并在几年之内把这家公司变成了俄罗斯最大的银行之一。

noun

1. hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts
   1. air piracy

   Synonym:    piracy