freebooter

free·boot·er  (frbtr)

n.

A person who pillages and plunders, especially a pirate.

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[Dutch vrijbuiter, from vrijbuit, plunder : vrij, free; see pr- in Indo-European roots + buit, booty (from Middle Dutch bte, of Middle Low German origin).]

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freebooter [ˈfriːˌbuːtə]

n

1. a person, such as a pirate, living from plunder

2. Informal a person, esp an itinerant, who seeks pleasure, wealth, etc., without responsibility

[from Dutch vrijbuiter, from vrijbuit booty; see filibuster]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

freebooter - someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) despoiler, looter, pillager, plunderer, raider, spoiler war, warfare - the waging of armed conflict against an enemy; "thousands of people were killed in the war" buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover, pirate - someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation stealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it

Translations

freebooter [ˈfriːbuːtəʳ] N → filibustero m