marauder
noun
ma·raud·er
mə-ˈrȯ-dər 
plural marauders
: one who roams from place to place making attacks and raids in search of plunder : one that marauds
Residents … are literally up in arms over seven robberies by hooded, armed men who have broken into homes to terrorize and plunder. Politicos and a legion of border lawmen are clamoring to stop the marauders.—
Jill Mastrull
Jill Mastrull'You neglect your duties as a father,' she complained. 'What if a Norman marauder had come in the night and snatched me away? … '—Tom Harper
Tom HarperIn 1653, another Hollander, Peter Stuyvesant, built a river-to-river wooden wall to ward off marauders.—Abby Rand
Abby RandThe brushtail possum is a relentless marauder that invaded New Zealand from Australia. Listed among the world's 100 most-invasive species, it is one of New Zealand's worst pests.—John Pickrell
John PickrellExamples of marauder in a Sentence
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Eve Ridley’s Ruthye has just seen her whole family brutally murdered at the hands of the villainous Krem (Matthias Schoenaerts), the leader of a group of violent space marauders known as the Brigands.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
26 June 2026
Set in the 13th century amid a shift from Paganism to Christianity in Central Europe, the film tells the story of the virgin daughter of a feudal lord who gets kidnapped by marauders before she is set to join a convent.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2026
This Robin is a grizzled marauder who can’t even remember how many people he’s killed.
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ABC News,
17 June 2026
No child, or reader of Robert Louis Stevenson, can deny the allure of pirates, but the marauders are rarely the good guys in the story.
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David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
26 June 2026
Set in the 13th century amid a shift from Paganism to Christianity in Central Europe, the film tells the story of the virgin daughter of a feudal lord who gets kidnapped by marauders before she is set to join a convent.
—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
24 June 2026
This Robin is a grizzled marauder who can’t even remember how many people he’s killed.
—
ABC News,
17 June 2026
No child, or reader of Robert Louis Stevenson, can deny the allure of pirates, but the marauders are rarely the good guys in the story.
—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
4 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for marauder
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“Marauder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/marauder. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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