marauder Definition

maraud
verb marauded, marauding

intr
1. To wander in search of people to attack and property to steal or destroy.
2. To plunder (a place).

Thesaurus: plunder, pillage, loot, raid, ransack, ravage, sack, depredate, despoil.

Derivative: marauder
noun

Someone who attacks people and plunders places
Thesaurus: raider, pillager, plunderer, ravager, brigand, robber, thief, bandit, outlaw, pirate, buccaneer.

Derivative: marauding
adj, noun

Etymology: 18c: from French marauder to prowl, from maraud a rogue.