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Maraud   /mərˈɔd/   Listen
Maraud

noun
1.
A sudden short attack.  Synonyms: foray, raid.
verb
(past & past part. marauded; pres. part. marauding)
1.
Raid and rove in search of booty.



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"Maraud" Quotes from Famous Books



... to its capture. Pirates, as a class, were principally outlaws, social outcasts, or 'longshoremen of a desperate and brutal character, who deemed it the more enjoyable the more hazardous their undertaking, and who considered it safer to maraud on the high seas than upon the land, in constant fear of the minions of the law. But not all pirates were of this character. Some, not inherently vicious nor absolutely depraved, had adopted this lawless ...
— Pirates and Piracy • Oscar Herrmann

... to learn the trade of a locksmith; a fine trade, always red-hot iron and fire around one, and danger, too; that suited him, but, like me, he had a bad head—couldn't agree with the slow-pokes: so he returned to his family, and began to maraud on the river. He came to Paris to see me, and I went to see him at Asnieres; it is very near; but if it had been further, I should have gone, even if I had been obliged to go on my hands ...
— The Mysteries of Paris V2 • Eugene Sue



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