freebooting
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freebooting
Where it comes from
From freebooter (“a type of pirate”).
noun
- Piracy or plundering. The Haghar are well known, even in Europe, for their freebooting propensities.
- Software piracy, or stealing or unauthorized rehosting of digital content. Your recent issue about the problems of electronic software piracy or "freebooting" — if you will — was excellent and timely. However, I wonder if both sides have failed to understand the social significance of the struggle.
adjective
- Engaged in piracy or plunder In one respect, as I hinted above, it is only too good, so sure of success, I mean, that you are no longer secure of any respect to your property in our freebooting America.
verb
- present participle and gerund of freeboot
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noun piracy or plundering
| Español | piratería |
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Talk about this word "freebooting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/freebooting. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. freebooting. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/freebooting "freebooting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/freebooting.Cite this
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title = {freebooting},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/freebooting},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
