Freebooter

Definitions

1. An adventurer who pillages, plunders, or thieves privately or for compensation; or wages ad-hoc war on other nations, similar to mercenary; also a "freeboot".
2. One who rehosts online media without authorization, a form of intellectual property theft; one who freeboots.

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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.”

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