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Corsair
A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land.
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A robber upon the sea; a pirate; -- a term applied especially to the piratical adventurers who made depredations on the Spaniards in America in the 1…
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A robber on the high seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on the high seas; especially, one who makes it his business to crui…
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A pirate; a sea rover.
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One that cruises or roves the sea for plunder; a sea robber; a pirate; also, a piratical vessel.
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