maraud
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French marauder, derivative of maraud (“rogue, vagabond”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French maraud (“rascal”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French *marault (“beggar, vagabond”), from marir, marrir (“to trouble, stray, lose ones way, be lost”), from Old (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *marrijan (“to neglect, hinder”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to neglect, hinder, spoil”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to trouble, confuse, ignore, forget”), + (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.
Verb
maraud (third-person singular simple present marauds, present participle marauding, simple past and past participle marauded)
- (intransitive) To move about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
- a marauding band
- (intransitive) To go about aggressively or in a predatory manner.
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- (transitive) To raid and pillage.
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Usage notes
The verb and adjective are more common as “marauding”.
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