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freeboot

/ˈfɹiːbuːt/verb

freeboot is a verb meaning “To pillage or plunder” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-E-E-B-O-O-T.

What does freeboot mean?

verb

  1. 1

    To pillage or plunder.

  2. 2

    To work as a freebooter (similar to freelance, as an independent operator).

  3. 3

    To rehost (online media) without legal authorization, a form of intellectual property theft.

    He freebooted our video.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce freeboot?

  • /ˈfɹiːbuːt/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-freeboot.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of freeboot

  • freeboots present, singular, he/she/it
  • freebooting participle, present
  • freebooted participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).