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
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- : 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
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- : to raid for plunder: At the war's end the country had been marauded by returning bands of soldiers.
n.名词 noun
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- : Archaic. the act of marauding.
Synonyms & Antonyms
verbpillage and plunder
Forms: marauding
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.
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