What is another word for Freebooting?

Pronunciation: [fɹˈiːbuːtɪŋ] (IPA)

Freebooting, meaning the unauthorized use or theft of someone else's content, can be synonymous with piracy, plagiarism, theft, infringement, misappropriation, bootlegging, and unauthorized sharing. All of these words describe similar actions of taking something that doesn't belong to you without permission. Piracy is commonly used in the context of digital downloads, while plagiarism and infringement are often applied to written or artistic works. Misappropriation is another way of describing the act of using someone else's property without their consent, while bootlegging refers to the unauthorized production of goods. Finally, the term unauthorized sharing covers a broad range of unapproved sharing of someone else's work.

Synonyms for Freebooting:

What are the hypernyms for Freebooting?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Freebooting

But it is evident enough that by this time the leaders of the Virginia Company were chiefly fearful that Spain might attack their colony before it was securely fortified, and before it had fulfilled the promise of rewards far greater than anything Freebooting ventures could offer.
"The Virginia Company Of London, 1606-1624"
Wesley Frank Craven
All this part of Northumberland, indeed, was a constant Freebooting arena, neither Scots nor English being content without some fray on hand.
"In the Border Country"
W. S. (William Shillinglaw) Crockett
Were they not indeed walking of themselves right into the "lion's den"-the lair of this savage and Freebooting chieftain whose very name meant lion in the Zulu language!
"The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley"
Bertram Mitford

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