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 21-year-old forward can play in wide areas or centrally and is a threat with his ability to make runs in behind the back line as well as with bursts of pace on marauding runs with the ball at his feet.
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Nancy Froston, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
The fierce mariners who swept out of Scandinavia in the late 700s and marauded for centuries through the North Atlantic and Baltic?
—Timothy Farrington, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
With China’s Salt typhoon hackers still marauding through networks, the threat has not gone away.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The film captures Petty and the band at something of a transitional moment, moving from a marauding young group hungry for the road into professional musicians settling in for the long haul of their careers.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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Nancy Froston, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
The fierce mariners who swept out of Scandinavia in the late 700s and marauded for centuries through the North Atlantic and Baltic?
—Timothy Farrington, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
With China’s Salt typhoon hackers still marauding through networks, the threat has not gone away.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The film captures Petty and the band at something of a transitional moment, moving from a marauding young group hungry for the road into professional musicians settling in for the long haul of their careers.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maraud
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The servants of this democratic republic’s machinery are, in truth, nothing but members of a mafia set up to plunder the island’s riches—and the West is complicit, with its own interests in the riches underground, in the ocean, from the soil.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Oct. 2025
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The 18 runs plundered off one over was the most Jasprit Bumrah had ever conceded in Tests, leaving the bowler perplexed as he was replaced.—
Sam Dalling,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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If peaceable trading isn't your dream, consider the corsair life, pillaging other ships for their precious cargo.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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In this precarious situation, RSF forces have systematically pillaged towns and villages and laid siege to El Fasher, the last SAF stronghold in Darfur, for more than 500 days.—
Alex de Waal,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Oct. 2025
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Jones has passed for over 340 yards in each of the two games since then, though he was sacked six times and had two passes intercepted in Sunday’s 30-19 loss at Tampa Bay.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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But after sacking Russell Martin, Rangers’ decision-makers have found the gig has all the magnetism of aluminium.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Decades of despoiling water bodies have taken a terrible toll, filling water bodies with fetid algae that blocks sunlight and smothers the native seagrass beds that are a main food source for manatees.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2025
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Gaddis was an obscure state employee who was fired from his job last summer after leaking details of a secret plot by the DeSantis administration to despoil nine pristine Florida state parks with golf courses, pickleball courts and resort-style lodges — all to benefit his wealthy friends.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2025
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According to a report by the Human Rights Defense Network, at least 148 people were killed, many burned alive; 62 houses were torched, and another 26 houses were looted.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
17 Oct. 2025
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Hamas reportedly executed a leader of the powerful Doghmush clan in March 2024, on grounds of cooperating with Israeli authorities, looting aid convoys and reselling the spoils on black market.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Maraud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maraud. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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