The act or practice of plundering, piracy, or unauthorized military adventuring for personal profit without official sanction.
From 'freebooter' + '-ery' (a suffix meaning the practice or profession of something). The '-ery' suffix comes from Old French and indicates a group activity or trade.
Freebootery bridged the gap between outright piracy and legitimate privateering—it represented an entire economy of violence that existed in the gaps between state control, especially in the colonial Caribbean.
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