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 on the Web 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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“Maraud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maraud. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

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