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Recent Examples of corsair
Vex have new units called Kobolds, Fallen have flying corsairs.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
In 1544, Barbarossa, a corsair who had risen to become admiral of the Ottoman navy, raided the island and carried away into slavery almost a thousand inhabitants—practically the island’s entire population.
—Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
Freed from a Mediterranean Sea crowded with Ottoman fleets and North African corsairs, the Atlantic upstarts unleashed themselves on the world’s oceans.
—Jeremy Adelman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2015
But the stealthy corsair, evading her pursuer, slipped to safety in Tripoli’s shallow harbor—and then, suddenly, disaster struck the Philadelphia.
—Mark G. Spencer, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2023
Queen of the seas, Britain seemed to countenance the pirating activities of the North African corsairs.
—Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
From ancient Norse princess Alfhild to Sayyida al-Hurra of the Barbary corsairs, these women sailed beside–and sometimes in command of–male pirates.
—Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 12 Apr. 2017
Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
In 1544, Barbarossa, a corsair who had risen to become admiral of the Ottoman navy, raided the island and carried away into slavery almost a thousand inhabitants—practically the island’s entire population.
—Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
Freed from a Mediterranean Sea crowded with Ottoman fleets and North African corsairs, the Atlantic upstarts unleashed themselves on the world’s oceans.
—Jeremy Adelman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2015
But the stealthy corsair, evading her pursuer, slipped to safety in Tripoli’s shallow harbor—and then, suddenly, disaster struck the Philadelphia.
—Mark G. Spencer, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2023
Queen of the seas, Britain seemed to countenance the pirating activities of the North African corsairs.
—Thomas Wendel, National Review, 4 July 2019
From ancient Norse princess Alfhild to Sayyida al-Hurra of the Barbary corsairs, these women sailed beside–and sometimes in command of–male pirates.
—Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 12 Apr. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corsair
pirate
Noun
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Overcoming the first son, the group continues their journey only to face down one after another, each with his own gimmick: The pirate son with his sea-creature half-men minions, for instance; a band of hunters with their own, even deadlier werewolf.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2025
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Smuggler’s Copter is obviously a very famous card in Magic history, but also just the flavor of Smuggler’s Copter being, in the original set, for a pair of sky pirates.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
16 May 2025
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“Corsair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corsair. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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