A class of moneymen who once only managed funds for buccaneering, rich families now count the world's largest public pension funds and endowments as clients.

曾经为喜欢投机的富翁家族理财的金融家，现今已让世界上最大的公共养老金，基金会成为其客户。

Like his famous grandfather (to whom he bears some resemblance) he is an extroverted, mucking-in, buccaneering sort of toff, rather than the condescending and insipid kind.

像他那有名的外公（他们外貌有一些相像），他是一个性格外向、善于合作、有些冒险精神的人，而不是自大和乏味的人。

So, by the middle of the 17th century, the French had convinced many of those buccaneering captains to give up their pirating and settle on the island.

因此， 到 17 世纪中叶，法国人说服了许多海盗船长放弃他们的海盗行为并在岛上定居。

Arab oil embargoes, nationalisation of oil production in the Persian Gulf and the arrival of buccaneering trading houses such as Glencore, Vitol and Trafigura saw the Sisters lose their sway.

阿拉伯石油禁运、波斯湾石油生产国有化以及嘉能可、维多和托克等海盗贸易公司的到来，导致姐妹党失去了影响力。