(1) The very epitome of the 16th-century military freebooter and vagabond, the landsknecht was rightly feared wherever he went.(2) This is a political freebooter and scoundrel who is fated to end up in the company of sinister and fascist-minded elements.(3) Here he arranged for the capture of Bowles, and soon the freebooter was brought to New Orleans in chains, and from thence sent to Madrid, in Spain, where we must leave him for the present.(4) Hence the term ‘filibuster,’ derived from the Spanish filibustero, or freebooter , meaning ‘pirate.’(5) In 1891-92 Iran was roiled by protests against a tobacco monopoly granted to a British freebooter , a Major Talbot.(6) But other local warlords, who have access to drug money and other resources, continue to expand their forces or draw freebooters to their ranks.(7) Shortly after the Civil War, the ‘dispossessed and freebooters ,’ as one rancher described them, established sprawling cattle ranches on the rich bottomlands of the Yellowstone River.(8) Mary was to discover he was a ruthless murderer, leader of a gang of freebooters .(9) As the titular scoundrel, he steals and freeboots his way across the ancient Muslim capital until he fixes his eyes on the ultimate prize - the Caliph's daughter.(10) Powerful merchant companies drove the process forward, and on the outermost fringe or cutting edge of empire, the aggressive initiative often came from a bizarre mixture of adventurers, freebooters , and pirates.(11) His tales involve a rogue's gallery of European freebooters with names like John Blackthorne, Ian Dunross, and Tab Thumpchest.(12) But it would be small, often mutually competitive units of traders, freebooting adventurers, and penitential pilgrims who would make the running in the Mediterranean.(13) It was the classic behavior of unfettered freebooters , and it ended in the familiar way.(14) Like many other impecunious Caribbean drifters at the time, Dampier slipped into a life of freebooting and buccaneering, hopping from ship to ship, raiding Spanish vessels and towns.(15) Only Sir Francis Drake and other naval freebooters enjoyed success.(16) Cantankerous, colorful, and roiled by clashing personalities, this eclectic confederacy of dirtbags, freebooters , and aristocrats represents the crowning ambition of working guides all across America.
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