marauders

plural of marauder

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Noun
  • Outside what is today a parking garage, a group of Union soldiers — unarmed and asleep in tents — were trampled by horses and murdered by Quantrill’s raiders.
    Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The raiders kill many vault residents and kidnap her father Hank (Kyle MacLachlan), so the sheltered Lucy sets out on a quest to find him.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Ruffalo, who serves as the show’s star and executive producer, told Entertainment Weekly in September 2025 that the drama differs from other cops-and-robbers shows while still delivering plenty of plot twists.
    Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But while the area has been evacuated, a gang of robbers led by James is drilling into the subterranean vault of a nearby bank.
    Carole Horst, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For decades, the characters in science-fiction movies and TV shows who traveled on spaceships tended to be scientists, explorers, diplomats, soldiers, and pirates.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Off the coast between Somalia and Yemen, the ship was attacked by pirates, and passengers were told to wait on Deck 5 as the captain sped up the ship.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Marauders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marauders. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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