as in pirates
someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea
no one knows the fate of the corsair's treasure-filled ship
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Recent Examples of corsairs
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).
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Ben Croll, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Ben Croll, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corsairs
pirates
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Just like Scott said, there were a lot of pirates out there.—
Dan Morrison,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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The book, which is from Australia, follows Bee and her fellow runaways, who discover a new friend, Paco, is a Lost Boy from Neverland who needs them to fight hordes of pirates led by a merciless new leader.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Corsairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corsairs. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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