FREEBOOT

Meaning of FREEBOOT in English

/free"booht'/ , v.i.

to act as a freebooter; plunder; loot.

[ 1585-95; back formation from FREEBOOTER ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

FREEBOOT — intransitive verb see: ~er
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FREEBOOT — ˈfrēˌbüt intransitive verb Etymology: back-formation from freebooter : to act as a freebooter : plunder
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FREEBOOT — v. steal, rob, pillage, plunder; act as a freebooter
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FREEBOOT — n. buccaneer, plunderer, freebooter
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FREEBOOT — see freebooter
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FREEBOOT — Synonyms and related words : buccaneer, depredate, despoil, fleece, forage, foray, gut, loot, maraud, pillage, pirate, plunder, prey on, privateer, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FREEBOOTER — noun Etymology: by folk etymology from Dutch vrijbuiter, from vrijbuit plunder, from vrij free + buit booty Date: 1570 pirate …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FREEBOOTY — /free"booh'tee/ , n. Obs. plunder; loot; spoils. [ 1615-25; FREEBOOT(ER) + (BOOT)Y ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FREEBOOTER — ■ noun a pirate or lawless adventurer. Derivatives freeboot verb Origin C16: from Du. vrijbuiter , from vrij 'free' + …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FREEBOOTER — n. a pirate or lawless adventurer. freeboot v.intr. [ Du. vrijbuiter (as FREE, BOOTY): cf. FILIBUSTER ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FREEBOOTER — n. a pirate or lawless adventurer. Derivatives: freeboot v.intr. Etymology: Du. vrijbuiter (as FREE, BOOTY): cf. FILIBUSTER
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SWEEP — Synonyms and related words : Derby, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, S-curve, aberrancy, aberration, advance, airscape, ambit, arc, arch, ball the …
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SPOLIATE — Synonyms and related words : depredate, desecrate, desolate, despoil, devastate, devour, fleece, forage, foray, freeboot, gut, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, …
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SPOIL
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SACK — Synonyms and related words : acquire, assault, attack, ax, bag, balloon, banditry, barbarize, barrel, basket, batter, be seized of, bed, …
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RIFLE
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RAVISH — Synonyms and related words : abuse, adulterate, alloy, assault sexually, becharm, betray, bewitch, canker, captivate, carry away, charm, cheapen, coarsen, …
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RAVEN
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RAVAGE — Synonyms and related words : abuse, adulterate, alloy, banditry, beset, betray, betrayal, bloodbath, blue ruin, breakup, brigandage, brigandism, bring to …
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RANSACK — Synonyms and related words : beat, burglarize, burgle, comb, depredate, despoil, examine, explore, fleece, forage, foray, freeboot, grub, gut, knock …
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RAID — Synonyms and related words : air attack, air raid, air strike, assault, attack, banditry, bear raid, blitz, board, boarding, brigandage, …
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PRIVATEER — Synonyms and related words : AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Blackbeard, Captain Hook, Captain Kidd, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Henry Morgan, Jean …
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PLUNDER — Synonyms and related words : banditry, blackmail, boodle, booty, brigandage, brigandism, capture, depredate, depredation, desolate, despoil, despoiling, despoilment, despoliation, devastate, …
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PIRATE — Synonyms and related words : AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Blackbeard, Captain Hook, Captain Kidd, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Henry Morgan, Jean …
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PILLAGE — Synonyms and related words : abduct, appropriate, arrogate, assault, attack, banditry, barbarize, batter, booty, brigandage, brigandism, brutalize, buccaneering, burn, butcher, …
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MARAUD — Synonyms and related words : depredate, despoil, fleece, forage, foray, freeboot, gut, harass, harry, loot, pillage, plunder, prey on, raid, …
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LOOT — Synonyms and related words : abduct, assault, attack, barbarize, batter, blackmail, boodle, booty, brutalize, burn, butcher, carry off, carry on, …
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GUT — Synonyms and related words : ab ovo, abdomen, abomasum, affectional, affective, arm, armlet, audacity, automatic, backbone, balls, basal, basic, bay, …
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FORAY — Synonyms and related words : air attack, air raid, air strike, banditry, board, boarding, brigandage, brigandism, depredate, depredation, despoil, despoiling, …
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FORAGE — Synonyms and related words : barley, beat, beat the bushes, bird seed, board, bran, bread, bunker, burrow, cat food, cater, …
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FLEECE
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