From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
maraud \ma*raud"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Marauded; p. pr. & vb.
n. Marauding.] [F. marauder, fr. maraud vagabond, OF.
marault; of uncertain origin, perh. for malault, fr.
(assumed) LL. malaldus; fr. L. malus bad, ill + a suffix of
German origin (cf. Herald). Cf. Malice.]
To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty;
to plunder. "Marauding hosts." --Milman.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Maraud \Ma*raud"\, n.
An excursion for plundering.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
maraud
n 1: a sudden short attack [syn: foray, raid, maraud]
v 1: raid and rove in search of booty; "marauding rebels overran
the countryside"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "maraud":
depredate, despoil, fleece, forage, foray, freeboot, gut, harass,
harry, loot, pillage, plunder, prey on, raid, ransack, ravage,
raven, ravish, reive, rifle, sack, spoil, spoliate, sweep