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plural freebooters
An adventurer who pillages, plunders or wages ad-hoc war on other nations. quotations examples
The military aspect should, however, be carefully studied, as the result may be to dispel the time-honoured connection between forest and freebooter under modern conditions with long-range rifles.
1901 May 10, G. H. Davies, “Forest in War”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 5, page 142
One who rehosts online media without authorization; one who freeboots. examples