maraud

Meaning

1. (intransitive) To move about in roving fashion looking for plunder; to loiter.
2. (intransitive) To go about aggressively or in a predatory manner.
3. (transitive) To raid and pillage.

Synonyms

pillage

ransack

plunder

foray

raid

prowl

loot

roll

rummage

sack

surprise attack

despoil

disturb the peace

incursion

inroad

overrun

rape

ravage

rob

Translations

merodear

marauder

marodieren

saccheggiare

plunderen

plündern

pillar

stropen

piller

λεηλασία

ràtzia

λεηλατώ

غزْوة

επιδρομή

sich herumtreiben

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məˈɹɔːd/

Etymology

Cognate with Old High German: marrjan

Cognate with Old Saxon: merrian

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽

In summary

From French marauder, derivative of maraud (“rogue, vagabond”), from Middle French maraud (“rascal”), from Old French *marault (“beggar, vagabond”), from marir, marrir (“to trouble, stray, lose ones way, be lost”), from Frankish *marʀijan (“to neglect, hinder”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to neglect, hinder, spoil”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to trouble, confuse, ignore, forget”), + Old French suffix -ault, -aud. Cognate with Old High German marrjan, marren (“to obstruct, hinder”), Old Saxon merrian (“to hinder, waste”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, “to offend”). Related to mar.