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▪ I. marauding, vbl. n.|məˈrɔːdɪŋ| [f. maraud v. + -ing1.] The action of the vb. maraud.
1755Connoisseur No. 58 ⁋3 They might also be of great use in maroding, or getting in forage. 1839W. Irving Wolfert's R. (1855) 7 The yeomanry who had suffered from these maraudings. 1858Froude Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 4 A population who were trained from their cradles in licensed marauding. attrib.1764Goldsm. Hist. Eng. in Lett. I. 128 The history of a maroding party in one of our modern gazettes. 1879Froude Cæsar x. 118 His campaign was not a marauding raid. ▪ II. maˈrauding, ppl. a. [-ing2.] That marauds.
1798Malthus Popul. (1817) I. 184 Surrounded by marauding neighbours. 1874L. Stephen Hours in Library (1892) II. vii. 227 He watches the marauding sparrows. |