freebooting

Example Sentences

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And throughout the decades before the Civil War, there were numerous “filibusters”: expeditions by private, freebooting U.S. citizens to take over portions of Central America, Mexico, Cuba and even Canada.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025

Moreover, Facebook has long been home to reappropriated content, from the freebooting scandal during 2017’s pivot to video to the more recent phenomenon of Instagram’s Reels being flooded with videos bearing TikTok watermarks.

From The Verge • Aug. 27, 2021

Green was also at the forefront of a controversy last year over freebooting, which is when people rip videos off YouTube and upload them onto Facebook.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2016

Mr Green said it was "inexcusable" that Facebook had not developed an efficient system to spot when videos had been ripped and re-uploaded, a process known as freebooting.

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2015

Whatever this freebooting chieftain might ask to set his captives free should be paid.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram