as in pirates
someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea
the ship was captured by freebooters who were looking for gold
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The age of sail, when pirates like Johnny Depp’s fictional Jack Sparrow roamed the seven seas, ended about 200 years ago.
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Eight pages later, Leucippe has to fake her own beheading to escape from pirates.
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“Freebooters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/freebooters. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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