Synonyms of corsairs

corsairs

noun

plural of corsair

as in pirates

someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea

no one knows the fate of the corsair's treasure-filled ship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pirates
• privateers
• buccaneers
• freebooters
• raiders
• marauders
• robbers
• rovers
• plunderers
• looters
• pillagers
• despoilers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of corsairs

Courtesy Luxury Living Costa Rica Three centuries before wealthy investors sought out trophy holdings along Costa Rica’s untamed Pacific coast, these shores were a theater of conquistadors, corsairs and cannon fire. — Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

After the Revolutionary War, the United States maintained no standing fleet, but attacks by the Barbary pirates—corsairs based in North Africa who preyed on American merchant ships and took sailors ransom—drove Congress to reestablish a navy in the 1790s. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026

Acknowledging burdens and consequences In the 1790s, the United States faced a world ruled by corsairs and kings. — Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026

Apple has provided some guilty pleasure companion reading for fans of Vince Gilligan‘s new apocalyptic drama Pluribus, full of proud, haughty pirates corsairs and Mandovian spicefruit. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025

Set in 1492, the series follows Sara, the defiant daughter of Granada’s chief Rabbi, exiled during Spain’s expulsion of its Jewish population and captured by Ottoman corsairs (‘Korsan’ in Turkish). — Ben Croll, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025