freebooter

Signification (Anglais)

1. 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".
2. One who rehosts online media without authorization, a form of intellectual property theft; one who freeboots.

Concepts

flibustier

pirate

boucanier

corsaire

saccageur

bandit

braqueur informatique

pirate informatique

pillard

pilleur

Synonymes

buccaneer

plunderer

pirate

filibuster

spoiler

looter

raider

corsair

pillager

despoiler

bandit

black hat hacker

burglar

marauder

picaroon

robber

rover

thief

thug

dacoit

dakoit

Traductions

pirata

predone

corsario

vrijbuiter

filibustero

korsan

pirata

zeerover

haydut

Seeräuber

Pirat

πειρατής

Korsar

Freibeuter

rover

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfɹiːbuːtə(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From free + booty + -er. Calque of Dutch vrijbuiter (literally “free booty-er”), from vrij (“free”) + buit (“booty”) + -er (occupational suffix). Doublet of filibuster.