marauding

[ muh-raw-ding ]
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adjective
  1. engaged in raiding for plunder, especially roaming about and ravaging an area: marauding bands of outlaws.

  2. undertaken for plunder: a marauding raid.

Origin of marauding

1
First recorded in 1745–55; maraud + -ing2

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British Dictionary definitions for marauding

marauding

/ (məˈrɔːdɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. wandering or raiding in search of plunder or victims

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