Maraud
Origin
From French marauder, derivative of maraud ("rogue, vagabond"), from Middle French maraud ("rascal"), from Old French *marault ("beggar, vagabond"), from marir, marrir ("to trouble, stray, lose ones way, be lost"), from Old Frankish *marrijan ("to neglect, hinder"), from Proto-Germanic *marzijanÄ… ("to neglect, hinder, spoil"), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- ("to trouble, confuse, ignore, forget"), + Old French suffix -ault, -aud. Cognate with Old High German marrjan, marren ("to obstruct, hinder"), Old Saxon merrian ("to hinder, waste"), Gothic ðŒ¼ðŒ°ð‚ðŒ¶ðŒ¾ðŒ°ðŒ½ (marzjan, "to offend"). Related to mar.
Full definition of maraud
Verb
- (intransitive) To move about in roving fashion looking for plunder.a marauding band
- 1684, Thomas Otway, The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway Chapter , Peace Plunder, Peace, you Rogue; no Moroding now i we'll burn, rob, demolish and murder another time together : This is a Bus'ness must be done with decency.
- 1711, Joseph Addison, The Spectator, no. 90-505 Chapter , ... in one of which they met with a party of French that had been marauding, and made them all prisoners at discretion.
- (intransitive) To go about aggressively or in a predatory manner.
- 1770, , The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature Chapter Fables for Grown Gentlemen, A flea out of a blanket shaken, A bloody-minded sinner, Upon a taylor's neck was taken, Marauding for a dinner.
- (transitive) To raid and pillage.
- 1829, Washington Irving, A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada: In Two Volumes Chapter , As the tract of country they intended to maraud was far in the Moorish territories near the coast of the Mediterranean, they did not arrive until late in the following day.
Usage notes
The verb and adjective are more common as “maraudingâ€.