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[muh-raw-ding] 
–adjective
| 1. | engaged in raiding for plunder, esp. roaming about and ravaging an area: marauding bands of outlaws. |
| 2. | undertaken for plunder: a marauding raid. |
ma⋅raud
[muh-rawd] –verb (used without object)
| 1. | to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for booty: Freebooters were marauding all across the territory. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to raid for plunder (often used passively): At the war's end the country had been marauded by returning bands of soldiers. |
–noun
| 3. | Archaic. the act of marauding. |
Origin:
1705–15; < F marauder, deriv. of maraud rogue, vagabond, MF, perh. identical with dial. maraud tomcat, of expressive orig.
1705–15; < F marauder, deriv. of maraud rogue, vagabond, MF, perh. identical with dial. maraud tomcat, of expressive orig.
Related forms:
ma⋅raud⋅er, noun
Synonyms:
1, 2. invade, attack; ravage, harry.
1, 2. invade, attack; ravage, harry.
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Link To 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. |
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