Freebooting, meaning the unauthorized use or theft of someone else's content, can be synonymous with piracy, plagiarism, theft, infringement, misappropriation, bootlegging, and unauthorized sharing. All of these words describe similar actions of taking something that doesn't belong to you without permission. Piracy is commonly used in the context of digital downloads, while plagiarism and infringement are often applied to written or artistic works. Misappropriation is another way of describing the act of using someone else's property without their consent, while bootlegging refers to the unauthorized production of goods. Finally, the term unauthorized sharing covers a broad range of unapproved sharing of someone else's work.