maraud Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a sudden short attack
    raid; foray.
  2. verb raid and rove in search of booty
    • marauding rebels overran the countryside

WordNet

Ma*raud" intransitive verb
Etymology
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.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Marauded; present participle & verbal noun Marauding
Definitions
  1. To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder. "Marauding hosts." Milman.
Ma*raud" noun
Definitions
  1. An excursion for plundering.

Webster 1913