as in plundering
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as in pillaging
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 marauding
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
10 Mar. 2026
Rutter, the club’s record £40m buy from Leeds United, was an instant hit last season with insatiable work rate and marauding runs until an ankle injury ruled him out from March for the rest of the campaign.
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Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
But the porcine population has ballooned and now everyone’s up to their eyes in rampaging, marauding boars.
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Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
16 June 2026
It was founded in 1621 as a garrison against the marauding Danes.
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Laura Moser,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2026
But when a boy is killed, and with throngs of beachgoers en route for the July 4th holiday, Brody teams with oceanographer Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and shark hunter Quint (Robert Shaw) to track down and kill the marauding Great White Shark.
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David Faris,
TheWeek,
29 Apr. 2026
The war ends, and marauding Russians confiscate the family estate.
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Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
Ozzy Lusth is marauding through the jungle, Sandra Diaz-Twine is lunging out of a shelter, and Johnny Fairplay’s real grandmother fake dies.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
But their deployment, marauding the streets of American communities, operating with military posture and lethal force, supersedes that mission and strikes at the heart of constitutional governance.
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Larry Pino,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2026
In this instance, the protests were combined with citizen surveillance of marauding federal agents, primarily through the use of smartphone recordings.
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Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
Article continues below Unfortunately, a passing asteroid deposits a killer alien robot in their midst, and the soldiers must fend for themselves as this marauding mech stalks them with guns and lasers blazing.
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Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
10 Mar. 2026
Rutter, the club’s record £40m buy from Leeds United, was an instant hit last season with insatiable work rate and marauding runs until an ankle injury ruled him out from March for the rest of the campaign.
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Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
Verb
The showpiece against the hosts was the first genuinely one-sided final in the competition, with the Swedes unable to cope with Pele, Vava, Garrincha and the marauding Djalma Santos.
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Will Jeanes,
New York Times,
20 June 2026
But the porcine population has ballooned and now everyone’s up to their eyes in rampaging, marauding boars.
—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
16 June 2026
It was founded in 1621 as a garrison against the marauding Danes.
—
Laura Moser,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2026
But when a boy is killed, and with throngs of beachgoers en route for the July 4th holiday, Brody teams with oceanographer Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and shark hunter Quint (Robert Shaw) to track down and kill the marauding Great White Shark.
—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
29 Apr. 2026
The war ends, and marauding Russians confiscate the family estate.
—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
Ozzy Lusth is marauding through the jungle, Sandra Diaz-Twine is lunging out of a shelter, and Johnny Fairplay’s real grandmother fake dies.
—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
But their deployment, marauding the streets of American communities, operating with military posture and lethal force, supersedes that mission and strikes at the heart of constitutional governance.
—
Larry Pino,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2026
In this instance, the protests were combined with citizen surveillance of marauding federal agents, primarily through the use of smartphone recordings.
—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for marauding
Noun
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Some have traveled farther as part of colonial-era collections — as far as the British Museum — and been returned; a story unto itself about the plundering of the natural world in the age of empire, and institutions reckoning with their inheritance.
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Living through the aftermath of Rome’s plundering in 410 by the Visigoths, Augustine keenly appreciated the fact that empires come and go.
Verb
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Some commentators’ dark horses for the tournament, Norway qualified from Europe with a perfect record, pillaging goals at will, while mercilessly dispatching opponents.
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Picking up where episode 7 left off, Wayne (Toby Wallace) wakes up to Rue pillaging his safe.
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Long-term restoration projects address damage caused by war, weather and looting, including the broken outline of the western side.
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This looting of the Treasury has apparently been averted, following a rare revolt by Republican lawmakers.
Verb
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The result was so emphatic that the Tunisian soccer federation acted fast, sacking manager Sabri Lamouchi just hours after.
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Villa’s then sporting director Monchi reportedly attempting a straight swap of him for goalkeeper Emi Martinez last summer is a sacking offence (perhaps literally).
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The new headquarters opens as the department reports a 25 percent reduction in major crimes like murder, rape, robbery, and assaults over the last several years.
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Malepeai, her co-defendant Freddie Lee Davis III, and two others who avoided federal charges were identified by police as members of a robbery crew that committed violent purse snatchings around the Bay Area.
Verb
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Want to stop raiding the fridge every night before bed?
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While our dreams of raiding Tay Tay’s closet will likely never come true, that won’t stop of from borrowing her style and shopping Swift’s favorite designer brands.
Noun
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No amount of macho beatdowns in the UFC cage matches on the White House lawn will make anyone forget Epstein’s depredations.
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The striped bass shark depredations have also been occurring off Chatham’s Monomoy Island — a hotspot for seals, which attract great white sharks.
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On social media, Tan was pugilistic to the point of belligerence, casting his political enemies as corrupt malefactors responsible for the despoliation of his beloved city.
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In the face of such extensive despoliation, grassroots opposition has emerged.
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“Marauding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/marauding. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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