marauding

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of maraud

adj

1. raiding and pillaging

   “a marauding band”

2. killing in wanton fashion.

   “A marauding stoat entered the rabbit warren and killed fifteen bunnies.”

3. killing domestic animals.

   “The marauding lion jumped the fence and killed the goat.”

noun

1. Raiding and pillaging.

   “On the 22d, the corporation of Albany passed a vote of thanks to General Heath, for the alacrity which he had displayed in defending the northern frontiers of the state of New York against the maraudings of the enemy.”