The Collaborative International Dictionary
maraud \ma*raud"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marauded; p. pr. & vb.
n. Marauding.] [F. marauder, fr. maraud vagabond, OF.
marault; of uncertain origin, perh. for malault, fr.
(assumed) LL. malaldus; fr. L. malus bad, ill + a suffix of
German origin (cf. Herald). Cf. Malice.]
To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty;
to plunder. ``Marauding hosts.''
--Milman.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: maraud)
Usage examples of "marauded".
Now these things, the red beard and the red length of cloth were sign and symbol of a band of robbers who lived and marauded toward the northwest, and many houses had they burned and women they had carried away, and good farmers they had bound with ropes to the threshold of their own houses and men found them there next day, raving mad if they lived and burnt and crisp as roasted meat if they were dead.
The assassins had murdered Yesugei, and the Khahl's Minghan troops had marauded the village, but Yesugei's wife, the Oirat bitch-queen Aigiarn had escaped, taking her son with her .