freebooter

[ free-boo-ter ]

/ ˈfriˌbu tər /

a person who goes about in search of plunder; pirate; buccaneer.

Origin of freebooter

1560–70; Anglicization of Dutch vrijbuiter, equivalent to vrij free + buit booty¹ + -er -er¹

You shall hear in good time, answered the freebooter, growing somewhat more familiar in his tone.

Richelieu, v. 1/3 |G. P. R. James
The Sultan of Lahidge, its owner, was indeed little better than a freebooter.

Atlantic Monthly, Vol. XII. July, 1863, No. LXIX. |Various
Drake was an Englishman and a freebooter, who had no love for the saints.

In the Footprints of the Padres |Charles Warren Stoddard
But is he not more of a freebooter and feathered bandit,—in short, a prowling thief generally?

Due South or Cuba Past and Present |Maturin M. Ballou

He has only to say what it is, and there is no commodity I think a freebooter would covet less.

The Works of William Cowper |William Cowper

freebooter

/ (ˈfriːˌbuːtə) /

a person, such as a pirate, living from plunder

informal a person, esp an itinerant, who seeks pleasure, wealth, etc, without responsibility

C16: from Dutch vrijbuiter, from vrijbuit booty; see filibuster