flibustier

…The buccaneers were originally a profession of the Spanish Indians, but because they were persecuted by the Spanish, they were forced to become pirates, and the word buccaneer became the name for pirates. French buccaneers were called flibustiers. A common tactic of the buccaneers was to knock down the masts to make it look like a shipwreck, or to approach Spanish merchant ships disguised as shabby fishing boats, and then attack when the enemy was off guard. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…バカニアは本来スペイン領インディアンの職業であったが，スペイン人に迫害されたため余儀なく海賊に転じ，バカニアが海賊の称となった。フランス系バカニアはとくに〈フリビュスチエflibustier〉と称した。マストを倒して難破船に見せかけたり，みすぼらしい漁船を装ってスペイン商船を接近させ，相手の油断をついて襲撃するのがバカニアの常套手段だった。…

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