2. Noun. (context: EMS fire service law enforcement) The act of performing one's duties outside of the chain-of-command and SOPs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Freelancing
1. freelance [v] - See also: freelance
Lexicographical Neighbors of Freelancing
Literary usage of Freelancing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Changing the Fourth Estate: Essays on South African Journalism by Adrian Hadland (2005)
"It is that freelancing is somehow about slowing down, shifting to a lower gear and
... Don't consider freelancing as an alternative to a job you loathe. ..."
2. The Other Side of the Table: The Soviet Approach to Arms Control by Michael Mandelbaum (1990)
"... the proposal set off furious bickering over what Secretary of State George
Shultz called "freelancing" by Nitze. After heated discussions, the White ..."
3. Careers for women by Catherine Filene (1920)
"The majority, however, use newspaper work as a stepping- stone either to lucrative
advertising positions or to freelancing. The latter, of course, ..."
4. American Police Administration: A Handbook on Police Organization and by Elmer Diedrich Graper (1921)
"... and the reasons therefor Total number of hours spent by detectives in the
investigation of specific cases, in freelancing, in court, at offices, etc. ..."
5. A Modern History of the English People by Richard Henry Gretton (1913)
"ing of this kind that a large railway shed had to be employed for the occasion—gave
a singularly detached and " freelancing " air to the proceedings. ..."
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