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English meaning

  • freebooter noun 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".

Senses

寇 is used for these senses in English:

  • freebooter 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".

freebooter — full definition

  1. noun 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. noun One who rehosts online media without authorization, a form of intellectual property theft; one who freeboots.