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
It was founded in 1621 as a garrison against the marauding Danes.
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Laura Moser,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2026
But when a boy is killed, and with throngs of beachgoers en route for the July 4th holiday, Brody teams with oceanographer Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and shark hunter Quint (Robert Shaw) to track down and kill the marauding Great White Shark.
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David Faris,
TheWeek,
29 Apr. 2026
The war ends, and marauding Russians confiscate the family estate.
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Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
Ozzy Lusth is marauding through the jungle, Sandra Diaz-Twine is lunging out of a shelter, and Johnny Fairplay’s real grandmother fake dies.
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Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
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Laura Moser,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2026
But when a boy is killed, and with throngs of beachgoers en route for the July 4th holiday, Brody teams with oceanographer Hooper (Richard Dreyfuss) and shark hunter Quint (Robert Shaw) to track down and kill the marauding Great White Shark.
—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
29 Apr. 2026
The war ends, and marauding Russians confiscate the family estate.
—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
23 Apr. 2026
Ozzy Lusth is marauding through the jungle, Sandra Diaz-Twine is lunging out of a shelter, and Johnny Fairplay’s real grandmother fake dies.
—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for maraud
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maraud
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Or was the hole man-made with a malevolent intent, perhaps plundering a grave for artifacts?
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The instability left Cambodia's temples unprotected and vulnerable to plunder that was often carried out by former Khmer Rouge child soldiers.
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Unfortunately, a group of eastern kings pillage Sodom and Gomorrah and take Lot captive along with others.
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Triarchy forces that escaped the Battle of the Gullet have been pillaging the mainland, and some come across Aegon’s captors, cutting short a bit of squabbling between the two.
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The Hightowers, Rhaenyra soon learns, have sacked the town of Tumbleton, a thriving city on the border of the Crownlands and the Reach.
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That came in the spring of 2025, about 11 months after his dad had been sacked as coach, when Pochettino, the new manager, gave the younger Berhalter his first national team call-up.
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One looks to the story of the Haitian World Cup team, appearing in the tournament for the first time in fifty years, which has gathered expatriate players from the Haitian diaspora to play for that beautiful and utterly despoiled country, where many of them have never lived.
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In the 21st century, oil extraction has become a serious threat to Ecuadoran Amazonia, with large swaths of forest, often located in Indigenous territories, despoiled by the release of wastewater from the wells.
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For his part, Klaus Kallmann also claims that his father, Hartmut Kallmann, always said that their family’s art collection was fully intact when the Nazis came to power and that the collection subsequently looted.
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Though it had been looted by kids, most of the material was eventually recovered.
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“Maraud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maraud. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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