Freebooter
['friːbuːtə] or ['fributɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who plunders or pillages without the authority of national warfare; a member of a predatory band; a pillager; a buccaneer; a sea robber.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Robber, plunderer, pillager, despoiler, highwayman, footpad, brigand, bandit, marauder.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A conqueror in a small way of business whose annexations lack of the sanctifying merit of magnitude.
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Examples
- He was puzzled over the kind reception accorded to him by this strange Justinian, who he had been led to believe was a kind of modern freebooter. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Caliphronas is a picturesque freebooter, and simply plunders on a large scale. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Is Caliphronas a freebooter, that you talk as if I were in danger? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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