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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Maraud  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  marauding 
  adj  :  characterized  by  plundering  or  pillaging  or  marauding; 
  "bands  of  marauding  Indians";  "predatory  warfare";  "a 
  raiding  party"  [syn:  {predatory},  {raiding}] 
  n  :  the  practice  of  plundering  in  gangs  [syn:  {banditry}]




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