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maraud

/muh-rawd/US // məˈrɔd //UK // (məˈrɔːd) //

掠夺,掠夺者,掠夺战,掠夺行为

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for booty: Freebooters were marauding all across the territory.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to raid for plunder: At the war's end the country had been marauded by returning bands of soldiers.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Archaic. the act of marauding.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Like pillagers of harvest, Their fame is far abroad, As gray remorseless troopers That plunder and maraud.

  • Maraud seized upon one, but when he had cut it he perceived that it was made of hairs, and he threw it down in disgust.

  • Was he right in thinking that Madam Maraud was also happy in August?

  • Some of his people who had been out, partly on a scout, partly maraud, brought him some news.

  • Her health could not be called robust, but it gave no cause of anxiety to M. Maraud.