- freeboot
- intransitive verb see freebooter
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
freeboot
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freeboot — [frē′bo͞ot΄] vi. [back form. < FREEBOOTER] to act as a freebooter … English World dictionary
freeboot — /free booht /, v.i. to act as a freebooter; plunder; loot. [1585 95; back formation from FREEBOOTER] * * * … Universalium
freeboot — Synonyms and related words: buccaneer, depredate, despoil, fleece, forage, foray, gut, loot, maraud, pillage, pirate, plunder, prey on, privateer, raid, ransack, ravage, raven, ravish, reive, rifle, sack, spoil, spoliate, sweep … Moby Thesaurus
freeboot — n. buccaneer, plunderer, freebooter v. steal, rob, pillage, plunder; act as a freebooter … English contemporary dictionary
freeboot — free·boot … English syllables
freeboot — free•boot [[t]ˈfriˌbut[/t]] v. i. to act as a freebooter • Etymology: 1585–95 … From formal English to slang
freeboot — /ˈfribut/ (say freebooht) verb (i) to act as a freebooter …
freeboot — ˈfrēˌbüt intransitive verb Etymology: back formation from freebooter : to act as a freebooter : plunder * * * /free booht /, v.i. to act as a freebooter; plunder; loot. [1585 95; back formation from FREEBOOTER] … Useful english dictionary
East Carolina University — Motto Servire (Latin) Motto in English To Serve Established March 8, 1907 … Wikipedia
freebooter — noun Etymology: by folk etymology from Dutch vrijbuiter, from vrijbuit plunder, from vrij free + buit booty Date: 1570 pirate, plunderer • freeboot intransitive verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
