(n.) A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land.
(n.) A piratical vessel.
Example Sentences:
(1) Hull's fishing history is celebrated in the Maritime Museum and a renovated trawler in the harbour, the Arctic Corsair.
(2) Adaptations Don Juan and The Corsair were both filmed in melodramatic black and white; the Byronic hero spawned a thousand celluloid imitations - Gabriel Byrne is convincingly Byronic as Byron in Ken Russell's hallucinogenic and slightly laughable Gothic (1986).
(3) Jennifer Egan is the author of A Visit from the Goon Squad (Corsair) Jeanette Winterson Photograph: Murdo Macleod The early 60s was a terrible time for women.
(4) Hunt also called for "an effort to rehumanise music, to connect with the real fans of music, to educate the casual corsair away from a life on the high seas and offer better music on land" in order to "successfully rebrand the music industry as the good guys who give us great music, rather than the bad guys who exploit young talent" – while acknowledging that the latter reputation isn't entirely undeserved.
(5) Three days later his borrowed, blood-splattered Ford Corsair was found abandoned – with a section of bandaged lead piping in the boot – at the cross-Channel port of Newhaven, East Sussex.
(6) Corsair Capital, where Davies is vice-chairman, leads a group of investors that has agreed to buy more than 300 branches of Royal Bank of Scotland to operate under the Williams & Glyn's name.
Raider
Definition:
(n.) One who engages in a raid.
Example Sentences:
(1) We have Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris coming to those platforms this December, and Tomb Raider: The Definitive Edition is available on PS4.” However, there is still some slight ambiguity about whether the deal is for Winter 2015 only.
(2) Ian Livingstone is not all that keen on being photographed near the life-sized model of Lara Croft in his study – even though he was largely responsible for launching her on the world nearly 20 years ago, and the heroine of the Tomb Raider video games, comics and films helped to make his fortune.
(3) On Sunday, Foles did something that only six other players have achieved in NFL history, throwing for seven touchdowns in a single game as the Eagles obliterated the Oakland Raiders 49-20 .
(4) Relying on Hitler for an analogy makes people sound as if their history lessons were limited to Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark.
(5) Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) Terrelle Pryor's 93-yard TD run is the longest rushing play in Raiders history.
(6) He played in just four games for the Raiders, recording three tackles.
(7) The mood changes when a robot messenger controlled by Ultron arrives and mocks the superheroes, moments before a horde of raiders smashes into the building.
(8) "We like his athleticism," said the Raiders' head coach, Dennis Allen.
(9) In a giffa, anything goes: the raiders can arrest people in the street or at home.
(10) Outside the tax ministry, drum-banging, bell-clanging protesters from the Anti-Raider League of Entrepreneurs, an anti-corruption group, alleged that crooked officials from the previous administration had merely been shuffled around.
(11) Huthart, who is British, worked with Jolie on movies including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Salt and Mr and Mrs Smith.
(12) At a press conference ahead of the Gamescom video game event in Cologne, Crystal Dynamics studio head Darrell Gallagher took to the stage to confirm that Rise of the Tomb Raider, follow-up to last year’s critically acclaimed reboot of the long-running action adventure series, will be “exclusive to Xbox”.
(13) If you're a Raiders fan, well, you need to work on your grammar.
(14) The Raiders are also in this game I've been told by people I trust but I'll have to take their word on this.
(15) His statements take some unpacking, and for fans of the Tomb Raider series they're not encouraging.
(16) Jolie - who starred in Tomb Raider, which was shot in neighbouring Cambodia - and Pitt have three children.
(17) The Miami Dolphins have just traded for the No.3 slot from the Raiders... 1.31am BST Reaction Cutting response to that pick from former Ravens head coach Brian Billick: 1.29am BST Raiders on the clock... 1.28am BST Paolo's verdict on Luke Joeckel Paolo says: So I guess the Jaguars like burgers too.
(18) He was the second victim of raiders following an appearance on the MTV show after former England goalkeeper Ian Walker was also targeted.
(19) Still in her nightgown, she was carried to a small boat before the raiders sped away.
(20) Obviously games mattered to the crowd, who cheered Jobs's announcement that 12 current games, including Tomb Raider III, StarCraft, Heretic 2, Age of Empires, Quake and Quest for Glory 5 would be out on the Mac within the next 120 days.