freeboot

American

[free-boot] / ˈfriˌbut /

verb (used without object)

to act as a freebooter; plunder; loot.

freeboot British

/ ˈfriːˌbuːt /

verb

(intr) to act as a freebooter; pillage

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Etymology

Origin of freeboot

First recorded in 1585–95; back formation from freebooter

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