freebooter

[Dut. vrijbuiter; Ger. freibeuter.] One who wanders about for the sake of plunder; a pillager, a plunderer, a robber. free-boôt-er-ỹ, s . [Eng. free ; -bootery.] The act, practices, or occupation of a freebooter; plunder taken by a freebooter.