marauder

noun

ma·​raud·​er mə-ˈrȯ-dər 

plural marauders

: one who roams from place to place making attacks and raids in search of plunder : one that marauds

Residents … are literally up in arms over seven robberies by hooded, armed men who have broken into homes to terrorize and plunder. Politicos and a legion of border lawmen are clamoring to stop the marauders.

—Jill Mastrull

'You neglect your duties as a father,' she complained. 'What if a Norman marauder had come in the night and snatched me away? … '

—Tom Harper

In 1653, another Hollander, Peter Stuyvesant, built a river-to-river wooden wall to ward off marauders.

—Abby Rand

The brushtail possum is a relentless marauder that invaded New Zealand from Australia. Listed among the world's 100 most-invasive species, it is one of New Zealand's worst pests.

—John Pickrell

Examples of marauder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The movies, by contrast, were still being made in Hollywood by marauders and lunatics. —Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 19 May 2025

Since the Saya de Malha Bank has been known to entice pirates and other sea marauders, Landi also planned to mount a Gatling gun on the Aisland. —Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025

Food was short, and if the marauders weren’t stopped, the entire population would starve. —EW.com, 25 Apr. 2025

There’s no evidence the great marauder himself descends from the Xiongnu elite, though, Brosseder says. —Byandrew Curry, science.org, 24 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1698, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for marauder

• broader
• dodder
• fodder
• odder
• solder