Meaning of MARAUD
| Pronunciation: | | mu'rod
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- [n] a sudden short attack
- [v] search for plunder
- [v] raid and rove in search of booty; "marauding rebels overran the countryside"
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| | Synonyms: | | foray, raid |
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| | See Also: | | air attack, air raid, foray into, incursion, look for, penetration, raid, search, seek, swoop | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ma*raud"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Marauded}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Marauding}.] [F. marauder, fr. maraud vagabond, OF.
marault; of uncertain origin, perh. for malault, fr.
(assumed) LL. malaldus; fr. L. malus bad, ill + a suffix of
German origin (cf. {Herald}). Cf. {Malice}.]
To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty;
to plunder. ``Marauding hosts.'' --Milman.
\Ma*raud"\, n.
An excursion for plundering.
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| | Related Terms: | | depredate, despoil, fleece, forage, foray, freeboot, gut, harass, harry, loot, pillage, plunder, prey on, raid, ransack, ravage, raven, ravish, reive, rifle, sack, spoil, spoliate, sweep |
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