as in to plunder
to search through with the intent of committing robbery
just for kicks, bored teenagers marauded neighborhood houses while their owners were away
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Recent Examples of maraud
The war ends, and marauding Russians confiscate the family estate.
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Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
Ozzy Lusth is marauding through the jungle, Sandra Diaz-Twine is lunging out of a shelter, and Johnny Fairplay’s real grandmother fake dies.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
But their deployment, marauding the streets of American communities, operating with military posture and lethal force, supersedes that mission and strikes at the heart of constitutional governance.
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Larry Pino,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2026
In this instance, the protests were combined with citizen surveillance of marauding federal agents, primarily through the use of smartphone recordings.
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Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
Ozzy Lusth is marauding through the jungle, Sandra Diaz-Twine is lunging out of a shelter, and Johnny Fairplay’s real grandmother fake dies.
—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
But their deployment, marauding the streets of American communities, operating with military posture and lethal force, supersedes that mission and strikes at the heart of constitutional governance.
—
Larry Pino,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2026
In this instance, the protests were combined with citizen surveillance of marauding federal agents, primarily through the use of smartphone recordings.
—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
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Or was the hole man-made with a malevolent intent, perhaps plundering a grave for artifacts?
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The instability left Cambodia's temples unprotected and vulnerable to plunder that was often carried out by former Khmer Rouge child soldiers.
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One by one, from Rhode Island to Georgia, rioters in each colony pillaged collectors’ wine cellars, drank all their liquor and forced them to publicly resign.
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But now, entry-level professionals are clinging to their childhood bedrooms and pillaging their family fridges as more are extending their stay than ever before.
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The junta then sacked hundreds of French forces sent to fight extremist groups.
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Bellamy, 46, is poised to take his first full-time job in club management, replacing Scott Parker who was sacked in April following Burnley’s relegation from the Premier League.
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One looks to the story of the Haitian World Cup team, appearing in the tournament for the first time in fifty years, which has gathered expatriate players from the Haitian diaspora to play for that beautiful and utterly despoiled country, where many of them have never lived.
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In the 21st century, oil extraction has become a serious threat to Ecuadoran Amazonia, with large swaths of forest, often located in Indigenous territories, despoiled by the release of wastewater from the wells.
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The sandstone artifact, which depicts the Hindu epic character Duryodhana, had in fact been looted from Koh Ker in or around 1972, after the all-important UNESCO convention.
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Rioters again attacked police with rocks, bottles and other objects, and looted and burned local buildings.
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“Maraud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maraud. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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