Thesaurus results for MARAUDED

marauded

verb

past tense of maraud

as in plundered

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 marauded Released onto a new continent, the cane toads marauded unstoppably. — Kimon De Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026

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Military leaders on both sides have also plundered Sudan’s vast gold reserves, smuggling much of their takings out of the country.

— Mat Nashed, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2026
Social media posts and merchant reports said luxury and beauty stores, including Sephora, Celine, Burberry and Louis Vuitton, were plundered.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026

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When he was finally allowed to go out again, his Jewish school inside a Berlin synagogue had been burned down, the Jewish hat store opposite his home had been looted, and the windows of the stationery shop next door had been smashed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
The Kingdom of Benin, in what is now Nigeria, was looted of roughly 5,000 religious objects by the British in 1897.

— News Desk, Artforum, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of looted

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The Digest Lawmakers in Italy are examining a new bill to create a committee that will research provenance and facilitate the restitution of art and cultural items pillaged by Nazis and Italian police between 1933 and 1945.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Shopkeepers who’ve found their livelihoods suddenly at stake wonder where the police were while groups looted and pillaged with impunity.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2026

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When El Camino Real got the ball in overtime, junior Kiara Cuie rushed and sacked Haim for an 8-yard loss and that led to three Hail Mary pass attempts for El Camino Real.

— Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 11 Nov. 2026
The Chiefs were pushed back 5 yards and on the do-over, Malcolm Roach sacked Mahomes, who complained afterward that Moore's movement was so slight as to not merit a flag in that crucial situation.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Nov. 2026

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Known as The Max, the facility was at the center of a bribery scheme that led to the conviction of the former mayor of neighboring McCook, whose office was raided the same day as Getty’s.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
An amateur historian has stumbled upon a provocative clue to the enduring mystery of what became of a notorious pirate who raided a royal Indian treasure ship centuries ago, implicating a co-conspirator whose name is familiar to many New Yorkers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

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