marauding

/mə'rɔ:diɳ/

Thân thiện

A group of marauding bandits ransack a small village.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Characterized by raiding or plundering: Describing groups, individuals, or actions that roam in search of things to steal or destroy, often using sudden attacks.
   • Engaging in predatory warfare: Involving or typical of military-style raids for loot rather than conquest of territory.

Usage

• The adjective "marauding" is used attributively (before a noun) to describe the nature of a group or its actions.
• It implies lawlessness, violence, and a threat to settled communities or property.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The village was attacked by marauding bandits.
  • Farmers built walls to protect their livestock from marauding wolves.
  • During the war, the countryside was terrorized by marauding soldiers.

Advanced Usage

• "To go marauding": This verbal use (from the verb 'maraud') describes the act of engaging in raids.
  • The rebels would often go marauding in the nearby valleys.

Variants and Related Words

• Maraud (verb): To roam or raid in search of plunder.
  • The invaders began to maraud through the undefended towns.
• Marauder (noun): A person who marauds; a raider.
  • The marauders took everything of value.

Synonyms

• Predatory: Seeking to exploit or prey upon others.
• Plundering: Stealing goods, typically using force and in a time of war or civil disorder.
• Raiding: Conducting a sudden attack, especially for the purpose of seizing supplies.

Related Phrases

• Marauding band/party/group: A common collocation emphasizing the collective, mobile nature of the threat.
  • A marauding band of outlaws was reported in the area.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
   • bands of marauding Indians
   • predatory warfare
   • a raiding party

Từ đồng nghĩa

• predatory
• raiding