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Webster 1913 Edition
Freebooting
Free′bootˊing
,Noun.
Robbery; plunder; a pillaging.
Free′bootˊing
,Adj.
Acting the freebooter; practicing freebootery; robbing.
Your
freebooting
acquaintance. Sir W. Scott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Freebooting
FREE'BOOTING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
freebooting
freebooting
English
Noun
freebooting (uncountable)
- Piracy or plundering.
- (computing) Software piracy, or plagiarism or unauthorized rehosting of digital content.
- 1982, InfoWorld (volume 4, number 15, page 30)
- Your recent issue about the problems of electronic software piracy or "freebooting" — if you will — was excellent and timely. However, I wonder if both sides have failed to understand the social significance of the struggle.
- 2014, Brady Haran, Hello Internet: Episode #5: Freebooting (the first use of the term with this sense)[1]:
- Oh those freebooters taking our videos! I'm sick of it. Freebooting, you know, it's a serious issue!
- 1982, InfoWorld (volume 4, number 15, page 30)
Translations
piracy or plundering
Adjective
freebooting (not comparable)
- Engaged in piracy or plunder
Translations
engaged in piracy or plunder
Verb
freebooting
- present participle of freeboot