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freeboot

/ˈfɹiːbuːt/

freeboot verb: to pillage or plunder.

Verb

freeboot (third-person singular simple present freeboots, present participle freebooting, simple past and past participle freebooted)

  1. To pillage or plunder.
  2. To work as a freebooter (similar to freelance, as an independent operator).
  3. (transitive) To rehost (online media) without legal authorization, a form of intellectual property theft.
    • He freebooted our video.

Forms of freeboot

third-person singular presentfreeboots
present participlefreebooting
past participlefreebooted
pastfreebooted

Questions about freeboot

What does freeboot mean?
Freeboot means to pillage or plunder.
What part of speech is freeboot?
Freeboot is a verb.
How do you pronounce freeboot?
Freeboot is pronounced /ˈfɹiːbuːt/.
What is the past tense of freeboot?
The past tense of freeboot is freebooted.

Words near freeboot in the dictionary

  1. freeboobed
  2. freeboober
  3. freeboobers
  4. freeboobing
  5. freeboobs
  6. freeboot
  7. freebooted
  8. freebooter
  9. freebooters
  10. freebootery
  11. freebooting

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