Hypertext Webster Gateway: "freebooter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Freebooter \Free"boot`er\, n. [D. vrijbuiter, fr. vrijbuiten to
plunder; vrij free + buit booty, akin to E. booty. See
{Free}, and {Booty}, and cf. {Filibuster}.]
One who plunders or pillages without the authority of
national warfare; a member of a predatory band; a pillager; a
buccaneer; a sea robber. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
freebooter
n : someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: {plunderer},
{pillager}, {looter}, {spoiler}, {despoiler}, {raider}]
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