maraud
To move about in roving fashion looking for plunderTo move about in roving fashion looking for plunder; to loiter.
Meaning
3 senses(intransitive)To move about in roving fashion looking for plunder; to loiter.
a marauding band
marodieren
мародёрствоватьmarodjórstvovatʹ, разбо́йничатьrazbójničatʹ
(intransitive)To go about aggressively or in a predatory manner.
(transitive)To raid and pillage.
plündern
гра́битьgrábitʹ, разоря́тьrazorjátʹ
raid and rove in search of booty
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From French marauder, derivative of maraud (“rogue, vagabond”), from Middle French maraudFrom French marauder, derivative of maraud (“rogue, vagabond”), from Middle French maraud (“rascal”), from Old French *marault (“beggar, vagabond”), from marir, marrir (“to trouble, stray, lose ones way, be lost”), from Frankish *marʀijan (“to neglect, hinder”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to neglect, hinder, spoil”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to trouble, confuse, ignore, forget”), + Old French suffix -ault, -aud. Cognate with Old High German marrjan, marren (“to obstruct, hinder”), Old Saxon merrian (“to hinder, waste”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, “to offend”). Related to mar.
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Forms
marauds, marauding, marauded, maraudedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle