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maraud verb [ məˈrɔːd ]

• go about in search of things to steal or people to attack.
• "war parties crossed the river to maraud"
Similar: plunder, go looting, go pillaging, foray, raid, ravage, harry, go on forays/raids, freeboot, reave, predatory, rapacious, thieving, vulturine, plundering, pillaging, looting, freebooting, piratical, plunderous,
Origin: late 17th century: from French marauder, from maraud ‘rogue’.


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