| 单词 | freebooting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈfreebooting ˈfreebooting n. and adj. (a) n.plunder, piracy; (b) adj.engaged in, given to, or characterized by freebooting; buccaneering. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > brigandage or freebooting > [noun] trailbaston1304 brigantaille1393 latrocinyc1430 brigancy1513 free-boot1598 freebootinga1599 brigandize1609 latronage1619 free-booty1649 moss-trooping1649 buccaneering1758 dacoiting1802 gang robbery1812 dacoity1813 free-bootery1813 brigandage1823 bush-ranging1832 mosstroopery1845 filibustering1856 klephtism1858 robberhood1863 brigandism1865 Vikingism1880 bushwhackerism1883 Vikingship1883 banditism1885 dacoitage1887 brigandry1909 banditry1922 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > brigandage or freebooting > [adjective] buccaneering1701 freebooting1798 moss-trooping1805 buccaneerish1812 brigandine1832 filibustering1856 brigandish1877 brigandesque1883 a1599 E. Spenser View State Ireland 37 in J. Ware Two Hist. Ireland (1633) When he goeth abroad in the night in free-booting. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. iv. iii. 205 Forty freebooting souldiers being beheaded at one time. 1683 I. Walton Chalkhill's Thealma & Clearchus 119 Many a night Had they used this free~booting. 1743 tr. P. de la Court Polit. Maxims of Holland ii. i. 150 The states general have thought fit to distress the common enemy, by tolerating privateers, or freebooting ships. 1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher II. 242 The free-booting savage. 1839 Times 7 Feb. 5/1 A few days ago four of a freebooting gang were taken in Monte Ruivo, by a party of the Queen's troops. 1876 H. R. F. Bourne Life J. Locke II. xi. 162 Where freebooting was terribly rife. 1938 J. A. Williamson Age of Drake iv. 48 The Elizabethan English broke into the charmed circle and reduced it to a chaos of freebooting. 1967 D. L. Thomas Plungers & Peacocks v. 94 American-style condottieri who warred as savagely with one another as the freebooting captains of the Middle Ages. 2001 Time 17 Dec. 65/1 Las Vegas is..a freebooting and democratic city where people with funny résumés fit right in. < as lemmas |
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