freebooter

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

buccaneer

plunderer

pirate

filibuster

spoiler

looter

raider

corsair

pillager

despoiler

bandit

black hat hacker

burglar

marauder

picaroon

robber

rover

thief

thug

dacoit

dakoit

Translations

pirata

korsan

filibustero

vrijbuiter

boucanier

predone

pirate

corsario

flibustier

rover

πειρατής

zeerover

Seeräuber

Pirat

Korsar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɹiːbuːtə(ɹ)/

Etymology

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