freebooter

Noun

Meaning

One who plunders or pillages without the authority of national warfare; a member of a predatory band; a pillager; a buccaneer; a sea robber.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

raider pillager pirate filibuster spoiler plunderer looter despoiler rover corsair buccaneer highwayman marauder bandit vandal
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

producer police prey architect victim police force
Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

thief stealer

Hyponyms

buccaneer pirate sea rover sea robber

Related terms

filibuster

Examples

The crowd will follow a leader who marches twenty steps in advance; but if he is a thousand steps in front of them, they do not see and do not follow him, and any literary freebooter who chooses may shoot him with impunity. Georg Brandes

Close letter words and terms

freeboard mark Freebody freeboot freebootery freebooting freebooty