freebooter

Example Sentences

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The word comes from a Dutch term for “freebooter” and the Spanish “filibusteros” that were used to describe pirates.

From Seattle Times

Suddenly the mask of insolence dropped from the phantom freebooter’s countenance.

From Washington Times

Those who survived possibly ended being sold as slaves, or joined the growing number of refugees and lawless freebooters as societies broke down.

From BBC

From a 70-foot tower, and a boat named Patrol, the police kept watch on wharf rats, saboteurs, pirates and freebooters.

From New York Times

Free-traders and freebooters may have found merely convenient the idea that Asia was full of unenlightened people, who had to be saved from themselves.

From The Guardian