as in to plunder
to search through with the intent of committing robbery
just for kicks, bored teenagers marauded neighborhood houses while their owners were away
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Recent Examples of maraud
With China’s Salt typhoon hackers still marauding through networks, the threat has not gone away.
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Zak Doffman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The film captures Petty and the band at something of a transitional moment, moving from a marauding young group hungry for the road into professional musicians settling in for the long haul of their careers.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Forces were seeking to suppress the marauding forces of Somali warlord Mohamed Farah Aided, who absconded with food aid deliveries meant to relieve a devastating famine.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 31 May 2023
Civilians there have begun arming themselves against marauding militias and against the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary group fighting the Sudanese Army.
—Elian Peltier, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2023
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Zak Doffman, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
The film captures Petty and the band at something of a transitional moment, moving from a marauding young group hungry for the road into professional musicians settling in for the long haul of their careers.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Forces were seeking to suppress the marauding forces of Somali warlord Mohamed Farah Aided, who absconded with food aid deliveries meant to relieve a devastating famine.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 31 May 2023
Civilians there have begun arming themselves against marauding militias and against the Rapid Support Forces, the paramilitary group fighting the Sudanese Army.
—Elian Peltier, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maraud
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There is something perverse about a civilization that plunders its archives to build statues.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
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For decades, the terrorist group has plundered Gaza and sacrificed its people in pursuit of an unending messianic war to eliminate the Jewish state.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2025
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Uh uh, method dressing is forever, at least for Timothée Chalamet—until the next role-of-a-lifetime comes along, or the parcels of Bob Dylan ephemera pillaged from the online auction houses stop coming through the young actor’s door that is.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2025
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For centuries, the East India Company, a commercial and military organization, pillaged the riches of India to fund the British Empire and the company’s own expansion.—
Michael Knights,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Mar. 2025
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The city was sacked again — this time by the Turks — and incorporated into the Ottoman Empire.—
Danuta Hamlin,
FOXNews.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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At the crossroads of Roman roads in ancient Gaul, Cassel was sacked by the Vikings in the late 9th century, and later became a 17th-century war prize fought over by France and Spain.—
Mary Winston Nicklin,
AFAR Media,
7 Apr. 2025
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Anderson prefers to characterize Loewe as a cultural brand rather than a luxury one, finding the latter term despoiled.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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Growth in Africa must be clean, both in terms of generating energy and not despoiling the continent’s landscape and natural resources.—
Jack A. Goldstone,
Foreign Affairs,
18 May 2023
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In November 2024, the Associated Press reported that prices in Gaza skyrocketed after nearly 100 trucks of food and humanitarian aid were looted by armed men.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Archaeologists noted that many of the tombs had been looted centuries or possibly thousands of years earlier, but a few items survived.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Maraud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maraud. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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