Freebooting
adj, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 To pilage or plunder; piracy uncountable
"The Haghar are well known, even in Europe, for their freebooting propensities."
- 2 Software piracy, or stealing or unauthorized rehosting of digital content. uncountable
"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."
- 1 present participle and gerund of freeboot form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 1 Engaged in piracy or plunder not-comparable
"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."
Example
More examples"The Haghar are well known, even in Europe, for their freebooting propensities."
Etymology
From freebooter (“a type of pirate”).
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