marauding
English edit
Verb edit
marauding
- present participle and gerund of maraud
Adjective edit
marauding (comparative more marauding, superlative most marauding)
- raiding and pillaging
- a marauding band
- (of an animal) killing in wanton fashion.
- A marauding stoat entered the rabbit warren and killed fifteen bunnies.
- (of an animal) killing domestic animals.
- The marauding lion jumped the fence and killed the goat.
See also edit
Noun edit
marauding (plural maraudings)
- Raiding and pillaging.
- 1834, R Thomas, The Glory Of America, page 514:
- On the 22d, the corporation of Albany passed a vote of thanks to General Heath, for the alacrity which he had displayed in defending the northern frontiers of the state of New York against the maraudings of the enemy.