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 That’s all fine and good for shows that might appeal to a younger, less hard-drinking crowd, but what about the midnight marauding EDM audience, who are used to, and expect, the party to go all night long? Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2023 In other parts of the country, marauding gunmen known locally as bandits have carried out mass kidnappings mostly for ransom. Nimi Princewill, CNN, 23 Feb. 2023 This much is undisputed: hundreds of rally attendees—some armed with metal flagpoles, baseball bats, pepper spray and stun guns—smashed their way into the Capitol building and loitered in the halls, splintering off to rummage through offices or maraud an empty chamber of Congress. Hawa Allan, Time, 7 Jan. 2022 As truly violent criminals maraud and run rampant through New York City, this DA exhibits zero interest in law-enforcement and prosecution. NBC News, 31 Dec. 2020 See All Example Sentences for maraud
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  • These latter-day doges only see regulations as obstacles to righteous, plundering plutocrats.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
  • In Musk’s telling, Altman illegally partnered with Microsoft to establish a web of illicit affiliates and plunder its nonprofit arm of assets and staff in violation of their deal.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 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
  • In December, gangs pillaged and set fire to the Bernard Mevs Hospital, one of the few critical-care facilities in the country.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
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  • New England’s quarterbacks were sacked 52 times over the course of it.
    Oliver Thomas, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The 38-year-old sacked Trevor Lawrence on his first defensive snap and tackled Travis Etienne Jr. in the backfield on the following play.
    C. Isaiah Smalls II, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
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  • The world is a stakeholder, not a bystander, and cannot remain silent as Brazil despoils this indispensable carbon sink, irreplaceable oxygen source, and precious repository of plant and animal life.
    Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Meanwhile, human activity has imperiled biodiversity as people despoil lands and waters, introduce invasive species, and harvest natural resources unsustainably.
    Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
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  • That childhood dream has been shattered, much like the Centre, looted and destroyed.
    Omnia Saed, ARTnews.com, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The station, per a note, was looted sometime between Wednesday and Thursday.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2025

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“Maraud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maraud. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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