MARAUD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does maraud mean? 

• MARAUD (noun)
  The noun MARAUD has 1 sense:

1. a sudden short attack

  Familiarity information: MARAUD used as a noun is very rare.

• MARAUD (verb)
  The verb MARAUD has 1 sense:

1. raid and rove in search of booty

  Familiarity information: MARAUD used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARAUD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sudden short attack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

foray; maraud; raid

Hypernyms ("maraud" is a kind of...):

incursion; penetration (an attack that penetrates into enemy territory)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "maraud"):

air attack; air raid (an attack by armed planes on a surface target)

swoop (a very rapid raid)

Derivation:

maraud (raid and rove in search of booty)

• MARAUD (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they maraud    ... he / she / it marauds   
Past simple: marauded   
Past participle: marauded   
-ing form: marauding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Raid and rove in search of booty

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

marauding rebels overran the countryside

Hypernyms (to "maraud" is one way to...):

foray into; raid (enter someone else's territory and take spoils)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

maraud (a sudden short attack)

marauder (someone who attacks in search of booty)

 Context examples 

They are supposed to have belonged to some of the marauding Barons of Holdernesse in the Middle Ages.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I knew what all this meant, for the servants' dinner-bell was ringing at the very moment over our heads; and as I hate such encroaching people (the Jacksons are very encroaching, I have always said so: just the sort of people to get all they can), I said to the boy directly (a great lubberly fellow of ten years old, you know, who ought to be ashamed of himself), 'I'll take the boards to your father, Dick, so get you home again as fast as you can.' The boy looked very silly, and turned away without offering a word, for I believe I might speak pretty sharp; and I dare say it will cure him of coming marauding about the house for one while. I hate such greediness—so good as your father is to the family, employing the man all the year round!

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)