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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  • Fishing fleets hailing mostly from East Asia and Europe are plundering the southwest Indian Ocean, which spans from Kenya to the South African coast and includes Madagascar's waters.
    Sira Thierij, NPR, 26 Dec. 2024
  • All three were plundered by thieves in ancient and medieval times, so many of the items originally left are no longer there.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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  • Her crew pillages the ship for any remaining resources, but their only reward for their betrayal of principles is some lamp oil and six bottles of brandy.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Then, around 614-612 B.C., invaders from Babylonia (modern-day southern and central Iraq) and Media (modern-day western Iran) pillaged and burned the temple as the Assyrian Empire collapsed at the hands of its enemies.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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  • He was not sacked in the game, and Washington was 3-for-4 on fourth-down conversion attempts.
    Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Jalen Hurts has been sacked on 18 percent of pass plays.
    Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 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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  • With the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas taking effect, aid convoys seemed to enter Gaza without issues, and no attempts at stealing or looting the aid were reported on Sunday or Monday, according to Juliette Touma, a spokeswoman for the main U.N. agency that assists Palestinians.
    Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Residents remain barred from certain parts of Los Angeles, as authorities work to bring back utilities (and worry about looting).
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025

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“Maraud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maraud. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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