buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover, pirate - someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

train, educate, prepare, develop - create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"

indoctrinate - teach doctrines to; teach uncritically; "The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples"

drill - teach by repetition

catechise, catechize - give religious instructions to

reinforce, reward - strengthen and support with rewards; "Let's reinforce good behavior"

spoonfeed - teach without challenging the students; "This professor spoonfeeds his students"

induct - introduce or initiate; "The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession"

mentor - serve as a teacher or trusted counselor; "The famous professor mentored him during his years in graduate school"; "She is a fine lecturer but she doesn't like mentoring"

tutor - be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction; "She tutored me in Spanish"

unteach - cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier

unteach - cause to unlearn; "teach somebody to unlearn old habits or methods"

ground - instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject

lecture, talk - deliver a lecture or talk; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?"

inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to; "I informed him of his rights"

coach, train - teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports; "He is training our Olympic team"; "She is coaching the crew"

edify, enlighten - make understand; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal"

condition - establish a conditioned response

accustom, habituate - make psychologically or physically used (to something); "She became habituated to the background music"