Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To act as a freebooter; plunder.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To act as a freebooter; plunder.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A tweak of the financial reform package that takes a strong first step toward reining in the orgy of Wall Street freeboot speculation, trading, swaps, and scams of investors, borrowers and the government that nearly wrecked the economy.
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One of the toughest was the Glass Steagall Act. The congressional gut of Glass-Steagall unleashed the orgy of Wall Street freeboot speculation, trading, swaps, and scams of investors, borrowers and the government that nearly wrecked the economy.
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A tweak of the financial reform package that takes a strong first step toward reining in the orgy of Wall Street freeboot speculation, trading, swaps, and scams of investors, borrowers and the government that nearly wrecked the economy.
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A tweak of the financial reform package that takes a strong first step toward reining in the orgy of Wall Street freeboot speculation, trading, swaps, and scams of investors, borrowers and the government that nearly wrecked the economy.
American Chronicle American Chronicle 2010
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One of the toughest was the Glass Steagall Act. The congressional gut of Glass-Steagall unleashed the orgy of Wall Street freeboot speculation, trading, swaps, and scams of investors, borrowers and the government that nearly wrecked the economy.
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One of the toughest was the Glass Steagall Act. The congressional gut of Glass-Steagall unleashed the orgy of Wall Street freeboot speculation, trading, swaps, and scams of investors, borrowers and the government that nearly wrecked the economy.
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One of the toughest was the Glass Steagall Act. The congressional gut of Glass-Steagall unleashed the orgy of Wall Street freeboot speculation, trading, swaps, and scams of investors, borrowers and the government that nearly wrecked the economy.
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Did you or do you plan to 'homebrew' (freeboot/XBReboot) your 360?
Xbox-Scene News 2009
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Did you or do you plan to 'homebrew' (freeboot/XBReboot) your 360?
Xbox-Scene News 2009
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Can’t the congress see that this is just another fraud to erase a trail of responsibility and overseers, so they can continue to fly by the seat of their pants, and freeboot?
alexz commented on the word freeboot
see social media description at freebooted
May 25, 2016