freeboot

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/ˈfɹiːbuːt/

verb

To pillage or plunder.

“He freebooted our video.”

Scrabble 13

Meanings

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

present singular third person freeboots · participle present freebooting · participle past freebooted · past freebooted

  1. To work as a freebooter (similar to freelance, as an independent operator).
  2. transitiveTo rehost (online media) without legal authorization, a form of intellectual property theft.

    He freebooted our video.

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APA

freeboot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freeboot

MLA

“freeboot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freeboot. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “freeboot,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/freeboot.

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