maraud
maraud , intransitive verb
[French marauder, from maraud vagabond, Old French marault; of uncertain origin, perh. for malault, from (assumed) Late Latin malaldus; from Latin malus bad, ill + a suffix of German origin (compare Herald). Compare Malice.]
To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder.
Marauding hosts.
Maraud , noun
An excursion for plundering.