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?
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maraud
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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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Loggers are plundering giant sequoias in Yosemite and poachers are decimating bison herds in Yellowstone.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
6 Feb. 2025
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White mobs also used the rumors to justify hunting Black citizens in the area for days, murdering men, women, and children and pillaging and burning their property.—
Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made by History,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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After pillaging and gutting the U.S. government, the Western alliance and our relationship with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Trump is thinking of himself as a king and cogitating on a third term.—
Maureen Dowd,
The Mercury News,
25 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
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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
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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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However, there is no mention of Hamas and Palestinian armed groups looting aid trucks.—
Rachel Wolf,
Fox News,
8 Mar. 2025
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Players are tasked with looting mansions of the rich and powerful, and exploring every rabbit hole before time runs out.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Maraud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maraud. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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