marauding
engaged in raiding for plunder, especially roaming about and ravaging an area: marauding bands of outlaws.
undertaken for plunder: a marauding raid.
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How to use marauding in a sentence
Lieber drafted these codes partially in response to marauding acts that were carried out by partisans in Missouri.
How the Meaning of ‘War Crimes’ Has Changed—And Why It Will Be Hard to Prosecute Russia for Them | Olivia B. Waxman | April 6, 2022 | TimePlayers need to gain experience, defeat marauding enemies, earn rewards and recognition, and plunder loot.
Great online games to play with friends, even when you’re apart | empire | June 18, 2021 | Popular-ScienceHis work also provides a graphic account of injured females who were assaulted by marauding “gangs” of Adélie males.
Lovable ‘Madagascar’ Penguins Are Known to Rape and Torture in Real Life | Asawin Suebsaeng | November 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe marauding, man-eating Titans are mutated, androgynous beasts that have no need to feed but love to kill.
This Author Kills More Darlings Than George R.R. Martin | David Levesley | September 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe original Russian state, “Old Russia,” was established at Novgorod in A.D. 862 by marauding Vikings.
Russian History Is on Our Side: Putin Will Surely Screw Himself | P. J. O’Rourke | May 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Thousands perished en route to safer shores or fell prey to marauding pirates.
Remembering the Fall of Saigon and Vietnam’s Mass ‘Boat People’ Exodus | Katie Baker | April 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut to stop a marauding militia that has kidnapped tens of thousands of kids over decades, a more potent force is required.
Child Soldiers—Where Is the Help? | John Prendergast, Ashley Benner | September 23, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 1810 a threatened attack from a marauding horde of Kafirs was averted in answer to prayer.
Robert Moffat | David J. DeaneEarly in the day the united detachments encountered a very large force, under the command of the notorious marauding chief, Stock.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanFishing and swimming were their chief pastimes, with general marauding for adventure.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineAt his royal master's command, Triunnis once led a marauding expedition into the territory of the King of Brecknock.
The Science of Fairy Tales | Edwin Sidney HartlandAn ingenious criminal who covers his secret thieving with a pretence of open marauding.
The Devil's Dictionary | Ambrose Bierce
British Dictionary definitions for marauding
/ (məˈrɔːdɪŋ) /
wandering or raiding in search of plunder or victims
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