All freebooting synonyms
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F f noun freebooting
- infringement — a breach or infraction, as of a law, right, or obligation; violation; transgression.
- plagiarism — an act or instance of using or closely imitating the language and thoughts of another author without authorization and the representation of that author's work as one's own, as by not crediting the original author: It is said that he plagiarized Thoreau's plagiarism of a line written by Montaigne. Synonyms: appropriation, infringement, piracy, counterfeiting; theft, borrowing, cribbing, passing off.
- theft — the act of stealing; the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods or property of another; larceny.
- rapine — the violent seizure and carrying off of another's property; plunder.
- stealing — Informal. an act of stealing; theft.
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- bootlegging — alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes.
- marauding — engaged in raiding for plunder, especially roaming about and ravaging an area: marauding bands of outlaws.
- pirating — a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea.
- robbery — the act, the practice, or an instance of robbing.
- copying — the act of copying
- commandeering — Present participle of commandeer.
adjective freebooting
- attacking — to set upon in a forceful, violent, hostile, or aggressive way, with or without a weapon; begin fighting with: He attacked him with his bare hands.
- robbing — to take something from (someone) by unlawful force or threat of violence; steal from.
- lawless — contrary to or without regard for the law: lawless violence.
- illegal — forbidden by law or statute.