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English Dictionary: marauding by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
marauding
adj
  1. characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party"
    Synonym(s): marauding, predatory, raiding
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Maraud \Ma*raud"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Marauded}; p. pr. & vb.
      n. {Marauding}.] [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}.]
      To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty;
      to plunder. [bd]Marauding hosts.[b8] --Milman.
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