marauder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of marauder
Explanation
A marauder is someone who roams around looking for things to steal. You might hear news reports about a marauder breaking into cars in your neighborhood. The word marauder entered English in the 17th century, from the Middle French word maraud, meaning "rascal." Even in modern times, if you’re a marauder you’re certainly a rascal — probably even a criminal. A marauder doesn’t target a victim and plan a crime — instead a marauder is on the move looking for opportunities to rob people or steal things. Marauders often travel in groups, looting whatever they can.
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Example Sentences
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Hamler was the last living Marauder, the daughter of a late former Marauder, Jonnie Melillo Clasen, told Stars and Stripes.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2023
I always enjoy the “Flashbacks” comic, but the one for May 31 had an error in its illustration of a World War II Martin B-26 Marauder.
From Washington Post • Jun. 12, 2020
The parallels between "Marauder" and "Bright Lights" make sense, considering the context it developed: just as Interpol were planning an anniversary tour playing the latter album in full.
From Salon • Aug. 26, 2018
It was in one of those boxes, in the early nineties, that I found a copy of “Are You Ready, Mary Baker Eddy???,” published, in 1970, by Cloud Marauder Press, out of Berkeley.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 27, 2017
Irene Morgan worked at the Baltimore-based aircraft manufacturer Glenn L. Martin Company, assigned to the production line of the B-26 Marauder.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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