Marauding

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  marauding
       adj : characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding;
             "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a
             raiding party" [syn: {predatory}, {raiding}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "marauding":
     banditry, brigandage, brigandism, depredation, despoiling,
     despoilment, despoliation, direption, foraging, foray, freebooting,
     looting, pillage, pillaging, plunder, plundering, plunderous,
     predacious, predatory, raid, raiding, ransacking, rape, rapine,
     ravage, ravagement, ravaging, ravishment, razzia, reiving, rifling,
     sack, sacking, spoiling, spoliation, spoliatory