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noun
An adventurer who pillages, plunders, or thieves privately or for compensation; or wages ad-hoc war on other nations, similar to mercenary; also a "freeboot".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
One who rehosts online media without authorization, a form of intellectual property theft; one who freeboots.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: thief, stealer
Narrower terms: pirate, buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover
History
From free + booty + -er. Calque of Dutch vrijbuiter (literally “free booty-er”), from vrij (“free”) + buit (“booty”) + -er (occupational suffix). Doublet of filibuster.
Across languages
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