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Recent Examples of marauder
The marauders who perpetrated the post-2003 sectarian violence weren’t.
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Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
These tiny marauders seem determined to destroy every porch, deck, and flower bed within reach.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2025
Things take a sad turn, though, when a band of marauders wearing masks and animal pelts charge towards the boat and open fire, hitting Cooper in the chest with an arrow.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 Sep. 2025
Later, since the apartment remained unlocked, probably some marauders apparently stole all their kitchen appliances, electronics and other valuable family belongings.
—ABC News, 12 July 2025
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Nabil Salih, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
These tiny marauders seem determined to destroy every porch, deck, and flower bed within reach.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2025
Things take a sad turn, though, when a band of marauders wearing masks and animal pelts charge towards the boat and open fire, hitting Cooper in the chest with an arrow.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 Sep. 2025
Later, since the apartment remained unlocked, probably some marauders apparently stole all their kitchen appliances, electronics and other valuable family belongings.
—ABC News, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for marauder
Noun
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In 1983, corporate raider Carl Icahn wanted to buy oil giant Phillips 66 but didn’t have the money.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
6 May 2026
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Pumpkin’s lonely holiday ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a savage gang of raiders at her doorstep led by Thalia (Sossamon).—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The robbers then got into a white sport-utility vehicle and fled east on Ontario Street, police said.—
Josh Hernandez,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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The show is inspired by the true story of the man who became known as ‘Ireland’s most polite bank robber,’ and The Irish Independent podcast of the same name.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
17 May 2026
Noun
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Borderlands 4 is an amusing looter-shooter that supports solo play or up to four-player co-op.—
Sheena Vasani,
The Verge,
23 May 2026
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As this list reveals, English has been a welcoming recipient—though at times also a looter—of many words, commodities, and ideas from India that have transformed daily lives and speech in the Anglophone world.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
31 Mar. 2026
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The business will start with six rooms featuring themes like a haunted house, murder mansion, pirate’s cruise and jungle explorer.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
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After the Revolutionary War, the United States maintained no standing fleet, but attacks by the Barbary pirates—corsairs based in North Africa who preyed on American merchant ships and took sailors ransom—drove Congress to reestablish a navy in the 1790s.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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In 1688 the English buccaneer William Dampier explored New Holland’s northwestern coast.—
Britannica Editors,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 Mar. 2026
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French buccaneers spent much of the seventeenth century hiding and plundering along the northwest coast of Hispaniola, eventually realizing more money could be made farming tobacco and sugar.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Marauder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marauder. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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