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
Huijsen will be expected to pick a pass and marshal the defense alongside Antonio Rüdiger as his teammates maraud forward.
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Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Not to mention my feelings about marauding bears.
—Mary McNamara, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
In Florida, they’re seen on golf courses, in yards, and even marauding Disney World.
—Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
Great Britain continues to mourn MP Jo Cox, stabbed and shot to death last Thursday on the first anniversary of white supremacist Dylann Roof’s marauding at the Emanuel Church in Charleston.
—Literary Hub, 21 June 2016
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Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
Not to mention my feelings about marauding bears.
—Mary McNamara, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
In Florida, they’re seen on golf courses, in yards, and even marauding Disney World.
—Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
Great Britain continues to mourn MP Jo Cox, stabbed and shot to death last Thursday on the first anniversary of white supremacist Dylann Roof’s marauding at the Emanuel Church in Charleston.
—Literary Hub, 21 June 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maraud
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Bainbridge wasn’t shy about plundering her personal life for material.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Last fall, copper thieves plundered about a dozen public streetlights over three city blocks, leaving their neighborhood in the dark.—
Gavin J. Quinton,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
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North Texas — whose roster was pillaged in the portal and saw its top players leave for Oklahoma State alongside former head coach Eric Morris — have signed 42 transfers.—
Shawn McFarland,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Jan. 2026
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In a landscape of sequels and overly pillaged IP, the Stranger Things finale is finite and close-ended, the credits rolling once and for all.—
Yohana Desta,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2026
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Dak got sacked and lost seven yards.—
Tim Cowlishaw,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Herbert was sacked a career-high 54 times while playing behind an offensive line that was without top tackles Joe Alt and Rashawn Slater because of season-ending injuries.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Stanley Stewart,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Jan. 2026
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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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Destiny 2’s Shadow and Order post-Renegades major update is supposed to launch on March 3, which will inject at least some level of new activities and loot into the game after many, many weeks of little to do.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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For months, mausoleums in the graveyard, some more than a hundred years old, were being looted in the dead of night, police said.—
Gaya Gupta,
Washington Post,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Maraud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maraud. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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