'Marauding' definitions:
Definition of 'marauding'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Marauding'
From: GCIDE
- maraud \ma*raud"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Marauding.] [F. marauder, fr. maraud vagabond, OF. marault; of uncertain origin, perh. for malault, fr. (assumed) LL. malaldus; fr. L. malus bad, ill + a suffix of German origin (cf. Herald). Cf. Malice.] To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder. "Marauding hosts." --Milman. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'marauding'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- banditry,
- brigandage,
- brigandism,
- depredation,
- despoiling,
- despoilment,
- despoliation,
- direption,
- foraging,
- foray,
- freebooting,
- looting,
- pillage,
- pillaging,
- plunder,
- plundering,
- plunderous,
- predacious,
- predatory,
- raid,
- raiding,
- ransacking,
- rape,
- rapine,
- ravage,
- ravagement,
- ravaging,
- ravishment,
- razzia,
- reiving,
- rifling,
- sack,
- sacking,
- spoiling,
- spoliation,
- spoliatory