Buccaneers (7)
I believe the answer is:
pirates
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">buccaneers</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('pirate' can be a synonym of 'buccaneer')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for pirates that I've seen before include "More than one brigand" , "Sea trip (anag.)" , "Bad sailors" , "Copies" , "felons found in craft?" .)