as in to plunder
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 maraud
The 21-year-old forward can play in wide areas or centrally and is a threat with his ability to make runs in behind the back line as well as with bursts of pace on marauding runs with the ball at his feet.
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Nancy Froston, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
The fierce mariners who swept out of Scandinavia in the late 700s and marauded for centuries through the North Atlantic and Baltic?
—Timothy Farrington, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
With China’s Salt typhoon hackers still marauding through networks, the threat has not gone away.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Great Britain continues to mourn MP Jo Cox, stabbed and shot to death last Thursday on the first anniversary of white supremacist Dylann Roof’s marauding at the Emanuel Church in Charleston.
—Literary Hub, 21 June 2016
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Nancy Froston, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
The fierce mariners who swept out of Scandinavia in the late 700s and marauded for centuries through the North Atlantic and Baltic?
—Timothy Farrington, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
With China’s Salt typhoon hackers still marauding through networks, the threat has not gone away.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Great Britain continues to mourn MP Jo Cox, stabbed and shot to death last Thursday on the first anniversary of white supremacist Dylann Roof’s marauding at the Emanuel Church in Charleston.
—Literary Hub, 21 June 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maraud
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Along with goods for trade and plundered wealth, concepts of the soul have traveled the networks of empire.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The French started to plunder Spanish ships on their voyages to Spain, and the English quickly joined in—their attacks shaped, in part, by the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century, which spawned anti-Catholic and anti-Spanish sentiment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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If peaceable trading isn't your dream, consider the corsair life, pillaging other ships for their precious cargo.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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In this precarious situation, RSF forces have systematically pillaged towns and villages and laid siege to El Fasher, the last SAF stronghold in Darfur, for more than 500 days.—
Alex de Waal,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Oct. 2025
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Stroud has been susceptible to a pass rush, having been sacked 52 times last season and 15 so far this season — a pace that would have him on his back 42 1/2 times in 2025.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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And Jones did deserve to celebrate given Rodgers wasn’t sacked once despite the loss.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Decades of despoiling water bodies have taken a terrible toll, filling water bodies with fetid algae that blocks sunlight and smothers the native seagrass beds that are a main food source for manatees.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 June 2025
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Gaddis was an obscure state employee who was fired from his job last summer after leaking details of a secret plot by the DeSantis administration to despoil nine pristine Florida state parks with golf courses, pickleball courts and resort-style lodges — all to benefit his wealthy friends.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2025
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Stolen Louvre loot worth $102 million may be melted down.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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Stolen Louvre loot worth $102 million may be melted down.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Maraud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maraud. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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