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Recent Examples of corsair
Though many enterprising merchants can fairly be cast as corsairs or buccaneers, a surprising number are, as people, curiously pallid.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026
In the 1790s, the United States faced a world ruled by corsairs and kings.
—Washington Post, 12 Jan. 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
Rich gives Marge an eye patch that belonged to a corsair his ancestors knew in Cuba.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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
If peaceable trading isn't your dream, consider the corsair life, pillaging other ships for their precious cargo.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 7 Oct. 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
Vex have new units called Kobolds, Fallen have flying corsairs.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026
In the 1790s, the United States faced a world ruled by corsairs and kings.
—Washington Post, 12 Jan. 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
Rich gives Marge an eye patch that belonged to a corsair his ancestors knew in Cuba.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2025
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
If peaceable trading isn't your dream, consider the corsair life, pillaging other ships for their precious cargo.
—Alan Bradley, Space.com, 7 Oct. 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
Vex have new units called Kobolds, Fallen have flying corsairs.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corsair
pirate
Noun
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The alternately gloomy and euphoric pop songs cut and paste snippets of UK pirate radio culture and New York’s Paradise Garage.—
Aimee Cliff,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2026
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While women pirates weren’t exactly a dime a dozen even during the height of piracy, there were a surprising number of fearless females who plied the seven seas.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Corsair.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corsair. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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