Corsair vs. Pirate

Corsair vs. Pirate — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Corsair and Pirate

Corsairnoun

A French privateer, especially from the port of St-Malo

Piratenoun

A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.

You should be cautious due to the Somali pirates.

Corsairnoun

A privateer or pirate in general

Piratenoun

An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.

Corsairnoun

The ship of privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality

Piratenoun

One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission

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Corsairnoun

A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern USA.

Piratenoun

(ornithology) A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.

Corsairnoun

A Californian market fish (Sebastes rosaceus).

Piratenoun

A kind of marble in children's games.

Corsairnoun

a pirate along the Barbary coast

Pirateverb

(transitive) To appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.

They pirated the tanker and sailed to a port where they could sell the ship and cargo.
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Corsairnoun

a swift pirate ship (often operating with official sanction)

Pirateverb

To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of

Pirateverb

To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of

Not willing to pay full price for the computer game, Heidi pirated a copy.

Pirateverb

(intransitive) To engage in piracy.

He pirated in the Atlantic for years before becoming a privateer for the Queen.

Pirateadjective

Illegally imitated or reproduced, said of a trademarked product or copyrighted work, or of the counterfeit itself.

Piratenoun

someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own

Piratenoun

someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation

Piratenoun

a ship manned by pirates

Pirateverb

copy illegally; of published material

Pirateverb

take arbitrarily or by force;

The Cubans commandeered the plane and flew it to Miami