The meaning of Corsair

noun

A pirate, originally one operating in the caribbean.

Usage examples:

The marauding buccaneers who used to terrorize the mediterranean coasts

noun

A business person who is determined to succeed even if this involves taking big risks

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These mercantile buccaneers are always wildly in favour of the free market.

noun

An action such as a prolonged speech that obstructs progress in a legislative assembly while not technically contravening the required procedures.

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The bill was defeated by a senate filibuster in june

verb

Act in an obstructive manner in a legislative assembly, especially by speaking at inordinate length.

Usage examples:

He was one of four tories who filibustered for more than 30 minutes each to derail the free parking…

noun

(in a legislature) a way of preventing a law from being passed by using the rules or making long speeches to delay voting on it

Usage examples:

[ i ] the senator threatened to filibuster if jobs in his state were not protected.

noun

A pirate or lawless adventurer.

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Powerful merchant companies drove the process forward, and on the outermost fringe or cutting edge …

noun

A person who marauds; a raider.

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A band of english marauders were surprised and overcome

noun

A person or animal that goes from one place to another looking for people to kill or things to steal or destroy

noun

A pirate.

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The marooners who escaped carried their wanton ravages to other parts of the world.

noun

A rogue or scoundrel.

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The words typically used in english translation, ‘rogue,’ ‘picaroon,’ ‘knave,’ etc., do not have th…

noun

A person who attacks and robs ships at sea.

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In the three weeks leading up to the attack, sixteen container ships had been boarded by pirates

verb

Use or reproduce (another's work) for profit without permission, usually in contravention of patent or copyright.

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His latest album has been pirated and downloaded so many times since its release that he's lost $10…

verb

Someone who robs and plunders at sea

phrase

Someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

noun

Someone who steals or removes things, especially in a violent or severe way

Usage examples:

He was an art dealer and one of the third reich's most notorious art plunderers., many archaeologis…

noun

An armed ship owned and crewed by private individuals holding a government commission and authorized for use in war, especially in the capture of merchant shipping.

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She was captured by a french 44-gun privateer

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A person who attacks an enemy in their territory; a marauder.

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Scandinavian raiders put down their roots in cumbria

noun

→  corporate raider

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Pennsylvania's tough anti-takeover law is designed to prevent raiders from harming shareholders.

noun

→  corporate raider

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Pennsylvania's tough anti-takeover law is designed to prevent raiders from harming shareholders.

noun

A person who spends their time wandering.

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They became rovers who departed further and further from civilization

noun

A pirate.

noun

A person or machine that makes roves of fibre.

noun

A person who attacks and robs ships at sea; a pirate.

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So came to its dramatic close the life of this scummer of the sea.