Synonyms for maraud

Grammar : Verb

Spell : muh-rawd

Phonetic Transcription : məˈrɔd

Définition of maraud

Origin : 1690s, from French marauder (17c.), from Middle French maraud "rascal" (15c.), of unknown origin, perhaps from French dialectal maraud "tomcat," echoic of its cry. A word popularized in several languages during the Thirty Years War (cf. Spanish merodear, German marodiren "to maraud," marodebruder "straggler, deserter") by punning association with Count Mérode, imperialist general. Related: Marauded; marauding.

verb pillage and plunder

Example sentences :

That they are on the maraud is evidenced by the absence of tents.
Extract from : « The Lone Ranche » by Captain Mayne Reid

A little before day, they were all on the alert; it was the hour for Indian maraud.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Captain Bonneville » by Washington Irving

Maraud filled the glass, and, raising it to his lips, quaffed of the fairy cider.
Extract from : « Legends & Romances of Brittany » by Lewis Spence

Like pillagers of harvest, Their fame is far abroad, As gray remorseless troopers That plunder and maraud.
Extract from : « Songs from Vagabondia » by Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey

And am I to go out, Maraud, and take peoples horses with my hands all over grease, while you stand l—s—ng yourself there?
Extract from : « Richelieu, v. 3/3 » by G. P. R. James

All have been “cached” in a cave among the rocks; there to remain till needed for some future maraud, or massacre.
Extract from : « The Death Shot » by Mayne Reid

Maraud seized upon one, but when he had cut it he perceived that it was made of hairs, and he threw it down in disgust.
Extract from : « Legends & Romances of Brittany » by Lewis Spence

Antonyms for maraud

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