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Definition of maraud in English: maraudverb məˈrɔːdməˈrɔd [no object]1Go about in search of things to steal or people to attack. war parties crossed the river to maraud Example sentencesExamples - Like most merchant houses, Yin Yu Tang was built to discourage attacks by marauding bandits and soldiers.
- In its favour, there is some genuine tension in the car chase sequences, and the marauding gangs of children seem not only authentic but realistically threatening.
- Windows at the Bay Horse in Lee Lane, Horwich, were smashed, along with glasses and furniture inside as about 40 youths - believed to be Wigan fans - marauded through the town centre.
- A shotgun blast from one of the officers put an end to the dog's marauding.
- In it, a Sami village is attacked by a marauding tribe from the east called the Tjudes.
- At least twice the marauding Anglo-Burgundian battalions had attacked Joan's village before her departure.
- The attack on a defenceless, disabled man by a marauding youth is yet more proof that the streets of Bolton are becoming an unsafe environment for vulnerable people.
- Gangs of marauding teenagers descend on the town at weekends and often become involved in criminal activity while drunk.
- So if someone decides to violate the Treaty and start marauding around the Moon, who will stop them?
- The river has survived so far the marauding sand miners and the polluters.
- A gang of youths who marauded through a railway station robbing schoolchildren, were spared jail so they could ‘preserve their futures.’
- This marauding gang moved through the streets stabbing people at random.
- It also provided protection from marauding northern barbarian tribes.
- That's the philosophy of the ‘dacoit ‘bandits who maraud across India's impoverished northern plains.
- For many, it's a no-go area, where the chances are you'll be beaten up or worse by marauding gangs.
- When night falls and security wanes, the janjaweed militias come marauding through the camps and attack the women.
- Following complaints from villagers that the sheep were marauding through their gardens, metal road grids were installed as a deterrent.
- That'll teach those spindly creepsters to come marauding round my neck of the woods.
- Sheep have been attacked by marauding dogs in the Bushfield and Davros area in recent times.
- A gang of marauding youngsters terrorised parish councillors by flinging a brick at the window of their meeting room and trying to force their way in through a fire door.
Synonyms predatory, rapacious, thieving, vulturine, plundering, pillaging, looting, freebooting, piratical rare plunderous - 1.1with object Raid and plunder (a place)
rapacious bluefish marauded the crab pots Example sentencesExamples - Ten years of marauding the high seas had left him with a ruthless look in his gem-green eyes.
- The 10-15 year old soldiers maraud the countryside raping, killing, torturing and burning people out of their homes.
- They went out and joined other soldiers fussing in the streets, marauding the city.
- All the royal baggage and crown jewels and ordnance were captured and the Scots marauded the area from Boroughbridge to Beverley, demanding heavy fines or pillage.
- Last week, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said that the Sudanese government has not done nearly enough to protect its citizens against armed militias that continue to maraud Darfur, a region of western Sudan the size of France.
Synonyms plunder, go looting, go pillaging, foray, raid, ravage, harry, go on forays, go on raids, freeboot
Origin Late 17th century: from French marauder, from maraud 'rogue'. Rhymes aboard, abroad, accord, afford, applaud, award, bawd, board, broad, chord, Claude, cord, ford, fraud, gaud, Gawd, hoard, horde, laud, lord, milord, sward, sword, toward, unawed, unexplored, unrestored, ward Definition of maraud in US English: maraudverbməˈrôdməˈrɔd [no object]1Roam in search of things to steal or people to attack. war parties crossed the river to maraud Example sentencesExamples - The attack on a defenceless, disabled man by a marauding youth is yet more proof that the streets of Bolton are becoming an unsafe environment for vulnerable people.
- Gangs of marauding teenagers descend on the town at weekends and often become involved in criminal activity while drunk.
- A shotgun blast from one of the officers put an end to the dog's marauding.
- That'll teach those spindly creepsters to come marauding round my neck of the woods.
- Following complaints from villagers that the sheep were marauding through their gardens, metal road grids were installed as a deterrent.
- In it, a Sami village is attacked by a marauding tribe from the east called the Tjudes.
- That's the philosophy of the ‘dacoit ‘bandits who maraud across India's impoverished northern plains.
- For many, it's a no-go area, where the chances are you'll be beaten up or worse by marauding gangs.
- Windows at the Bay Horse in Lee Lane, Horwich, were smashed, along with glasses and furniture inside as about 40 youths - believed to be Wigan fans - marauded through the town centre.
- A gang of marauding youngsters terrorised parish councillors by flinging a brick at the window of their meeting room and trying to force their way in through a fire door.
- This marauding gang moved through the streets stabbing people at random.
- At least twice the marauding Anglo-Burgundian battalions had attacked Joan's village before her departure.
- The river has survived so far the marauding sand miners and the polluters.
- It also provided protection from marauding northern barbarian tribes.
- Sheep have been attacked by marauding dogs in the Bushfield and Davros area in recent times.
- A gang of youths who marauded through a railway station robbing schoolchildren, were spared jail so they could ‘preserve their futures.’
- Like most merchant houses, Yin Yu Tang was built to discourage attacks by marauding bandits and soldiers.
- In its favour, there is some genuine tension in the car chase sequences, and the marauding gangs of children seem not only authentic but realistically threatening.
- So if someone decides to violate the Treaty and start marauding around the Moon, who will stop them?
- When night falls and security wanes, the janjaweed militias come marauding through the camps and attack the women.
Synonyms predatory, rapacious, thieving, vulturine, plundering, pillaging, looting, freebooting, piratical plunder, go looting, go pillaging, foray, raid, ravage, harry, go on forays, go on raids, freeboot - 1.1with object Raid and plunder (a place).
Example sentencesExamples - All the royal baggage and crown jewels and ordnance were captured and the Scots marauded the area from Boroughbridge to Beverley, demanding heavy fines or pillage.
- Last week, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said that the Sudanese government has not done nearly enough to protect its citizens against armed militias that continue to maraud Darfur, a region of western Sudan the size of France.
- The 10-15 year old soldiers maraud the countryside raping, killing, torturing and burning people out of their homes.
- Ten years of marauding the high seas had left him with a ruthless look in his gem-green eyes.
- They went out and joined other soldiers fussing in the streets, marauding the city.
Synonyms plunder, go looting, go pillaging, foray, raid, ravage, harry, go on forays, go on raids, freeboot
Origin Late 17th century: from French marauder, from maraud ‘rogue’. |