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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch vrijbuiter (“pirate”). Doublet of filibustiere.
Noun
farabutto m (plural farabutti, feminine farabutta)
- crook, rogue
1995, Italo Calvino, Prima che tu dica «Pronto», Edizioni Mondadori, →ISBN:Quando ho saputo che ci facevate la guerra contro, ho pensato: vengo anch'io, così posso ammazzare Alberto. Per questo son venuto. Alberto io lo conosco: è un farabutto e per pochi soldi mi ha fatto fare una brutta parte davanti a una. Sono faccende vecchie.- When I got to know that you had been waging a war against us, I thought: I will come too, so that I can kill Albert. I came for that reason. I know Albert: he is a crook and for a few bucks he made me look bad in front of someone. That is old stuff.