freebooter

Meanings

Noun

someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
An adventurer who pillages, plunders, or thieves privately or for compensation; or wages ad-hoc war on other nations, similar to mercenary; also a "freeboot".
One who rehosts online media without authorization, a form of intellectual property theft; one who freeboots.

Origin / Etymology

From free + booty + -er. Calque of Dutch vrijbuiter (literally “free booty-er”), from vrij (“free”) + buit (“booty”) + -er (occupational suffix). Doublet of filibuster.

Synonyms

conquistador, despoiler, filibuster, looter, mercenary, pillager, pirate, plunderer, raider, spoiler

Scrabble Score: 15

freebooter is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
freebooter is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
freebooter is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

freebooter is a valid Words With Friends word