"marauding" in the verb sense
1. maraud
raid and rove in search of booty
"marauding rebels overran the countryside"
"marauding" in the adjective sense
1. marauding, predatory, raiding
characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
"bands of marauding Indians"
"predatory warfare"
"a raiding party"
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