Maraud

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

  Maraud \Ma*raud"\, n.
     An excursion for plundering.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  maraud
       n : a sudden short attack [syn: {foray}, {raid}]
       v : raid and rove in search of booty; "marauding rebels overran
           the countryside"

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

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "maraud":
     depredate, despoil, fleece, forage, foray, freeboot, gut, harass,
     harry, loot, pillage, plunder, prey on, raid, ransack, ravage,
     raven, ravish, reive, rifle, sack, spoil, spoliate, sweep