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[syn: marauder, predator, vulture, piranha]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Marauder \Ma*raud`er\, n. [From Maraud, v.: cf. F. maraudeur.]
A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who
pillages. --De Quincey.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
marauder
n 1: someone who attacks in search of booty [syn: marauder,
predator, vulture, piranha]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "marauder":
bandit, brigand, buccaneer, bummer, depredator, desperado,
despoiler, forager, forayer, freebooter, looter, pillager, pirate,
plunderer, raider, rapparee, ravager, ravisher, reiver, rifler,
sacker, spoiler, spoliator, wrecker
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
MARAUDER. One who, while employed in the army as a soldier, commits a
larceny or robbery in the neighborhood of the camp, or while wandering away
from the army. Merl. Repert. h.t.