Maraud
[mə'rɔːd]
Definition
(verb.) raid and rove in search of booty; 'marauding rebels overran the countryside'.
Checker: Sophia--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder.
(n.) An excursion for plundering.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Rove for plunder.
n. Marauding, ravage, plunder.
Inputed by Heinrich
Definition
v.i. to rove in quest of plunder.—n. Maraud′er one who roves in quest of booty or plunder.
Typist: Nigel
Examples
- It was the men without the Marxian vision of growth and discipline who were forever trying to lead little marauding bands against the governments of Europe. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- They are supposed to have belonged to some of the marauding Barons of Holdernesse in the Middle Ages. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Every now and then they fall into the hands of marauding bands and get robbed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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