Maraud Definition
(intransitive) To move about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
(intransitive) To go about aggressively or in a predatory manner.
Origin of Maraud
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From 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 Old Frankish *marrijan (“to neglect, hinder"), from Proto-Germanic *marzijanÄ… (“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.
From Wiktionary
French marauder from maraud tomcat, vagabond
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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