vrijbuiter — meaning in English
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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".
- pirate noun Someone who attacks and robs ships at sea.
Senses
vrijbuiter 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".
- pirate (crime) A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
freebooter — full definition
- 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".
- noun One who rehosts online media without authorization, a form of intellectual property theft; one who freeboots.
pirate — full definition
- noun Someone who attacks and robs ships at sea.
- noun Someone who illegally copies or distributes copyrighted material.
- verb To copy or distribute copyrighted material without permission.