freeboot

[ free-boot ]

verb (used without object)

1. to act as a freebooter; plunder; loot.

freeboot

/ ˈfriːˌbuːt /

verb

1. intr to act as a freebooter; pillage

Word History and Origins

Origin of freeboot¹

First recorded in 1585–95; back formation from freebooter