maraud[verb]Synonyms: raid, forage, loot, pillage, plunder, ransack, ravage
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maraud verb.
[mǝ'rɔ:d] L17.[French marauder, from maraud rogue, vagabond, scoundrel.]1. verb intrans. Make a plundering raid (
on); plunder; raid. Also, pilfer systematically.
L17.■ P. S. Buck Robbers who..marauded...Many houses they had burned and women..carried away. ■ E. Figes Perched in the bottom branch of a tree to escape marauding tigers.2. verb trans. Plunder (a place).
E19. ■ marauder noun L17. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲