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Recent Examples of freebooter
There is widespread, cross-partisan public support for finally clamping down on these corporate freebooters.
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Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
After Columbus’s first footfall in the New World, Cuba fell prey to every manner of European freebooter.
—Jon Lee Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
In April, 1492, buoyed by the seizure of Granada, Ferdinand and Isabella agreed to sponsor the Italian freebooter Christopher Columbus on his initial expedition across the Atlantic.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2021
Mr. Bugaev is a dedicated, if largely sedentary, Cossack, a centuries-old fraternity of Slavic warriors, freebooters and freedom-loving rebels.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 14 July 2016
The window of opportunity for freebooters to loom large has closed.
—Steve Kettmann, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2000
Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2023
After Columbus’s first footfall in the New World, Cuba fell prey to every manner of European freebooter.
—Jon Lee Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
In April, 1492, buoyed by the seizure of Granada, Ferdinand and Isabella agreed to sponsor the Italian freebooter Christopher Columbus on his initial expedition across the Atlantic.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2021
Mr. Bugaev is a dedicated, if largely sedentary, Cossack, a centuries-old fraternity of Slavic warriors, freebooters and freedom-loving rebels.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 14 July 2016
The window of opportunity for freebooters to loom large has closed.
—Steve Kettmann, WIRED, 2 Nov. 2000
Recent Examples of Synonyms for freebooter
pirate
Noun
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The business will start with six rooms featuring themes like a haunted house, murder mansion, pirate’s cruise and jungle explorer.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
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After the Revolutionary War, the United States maintained no standing fleet, but attacks by the Barbary pirates—corsairs based in North Africa who preyed on American merchant ships and took sailors ransom—drove Congress to reestablish a navy in the 1790s.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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“Freebooter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freebooter. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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