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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The last round of expansion, adding Seattle and Vancouver, came at significant cost to the league’s six original franchises, which had their rosters plundered in the expansion draft.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
1 Jan. 2026 -
Many of the country's ancient temples were plundered during a genocide in the 1970s and subsequent civil war.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
4 Dec. 2025
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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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The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces’ two-year occupation of Khartoum has also seen 4,000 items looted from the Sudan National Museum, including mummies dating from 2,500 BC.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
9 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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Many prehistoric structures were pillaged for rock, but a remarkable number are intact.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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The Texans’ defense sacked Rodgers four times.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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But when Herbert dropped back to pass on the next play, linebacker K’Lavon Chaisson strip-sacked him and fell on loose ball.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Prosecutors said that in December 2024, Mexican authorities raided multiple fentanyl production labs across Sinaloa that were allegedly controlled by the father and son and made the world’s largest ever fentanyl seizure, which totaled more than 3,300 pounds of the ultra-potent drug.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Getting their roster raided by Power 4 conference programs, including the one where their former coach is now running the show.—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Marauded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marauded. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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