[muh-rawd] 
| 1. | to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for booty: Freebooters were marauding all across the territory. |
| 2. | to raid for plunder (often used passively): At the war's end the country had been marauded by returning bands of soldiers. |
| 3. | Archaic. the act of marauding. |
| ma·raud (mə-rôd') v. ma·raud·ed, ma·raud·ing, ma·rauds v. intr. To rove and raid in search of plunder. v. tr. To raid or pillage for spoils. [French marauder, from maraud, tomcat, vagabond.] ma·raud'er n. |
