Marauding
[mə'rɔdɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; 'bands of marauding Indians'; 'predatory warfare'; 'a raiding party' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Maraud
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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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