Cimorene

Ah, I see, you could construe an attempt to live as a pirate to be pursuing (in order to inhabit) the plight of pirates (who are less fortunate than him). MOST pirates were fairly marginalized before taking up piracy - as it's sort of an extreme measure - so certainly they had some plight. After becoming a pirate you acquire a plight, presumably, in that the British navy would like to kill and/or hang you, so he's also pursued outlaw status...