If you describe a group of people or animals as marauders, you mean they are unpleasant and dangerous, because they wander around looking for opportunities to steal or kill.
[literary]
Numb with terror, she stared at the departing marauders.
They were raided by roaming bands of marauders.
Synonyms: raider, outlaw, bandit, pirate More Synonyms of marauder
Synonyms of 'marauder'
raider, outlaw, bandit, pirate
More Synonyms of marauder
(noun)
They were raided by roaming bands of marauders.
Synonyms
raider
The raiders escaped with cash and jewellery.
outlaw
a band of desperate outlaws
bandit
Reports say he was killed in an attack by armed bandits.
pirate
In the nineteenth century, pirates roamed the seas.
robber
Armed robbers broke into a jewellers.
ravager
plunderer
pillager
buccaneer
the villainous buccaneer with the peg-leg and the parrot
brigand
He looked like a scruffy brigand.
corsair
Treasure galleons were often attacked by corsairs and pirates.
sea wolf
freebooter
reiver (dialect)
cateran (Scottish)
mosstrooper
Additional synonyms
in the sense of bandit
Definition
a robber, esp. a member of an armed gang
Reports say he was killed in an attack by armed bandits.
Synonyms
robber,
or woman">gunman or woman,
crook (informal),
outlaw,
pirate,
raider,
gangster,
plunderer,
mugger (informal),
hijacker,
looter,
or woman">highwayman or woman,
racketeer,
desperado,
marauder,
brigand,
freebooter,
footpad
in the sense of brigand
Definition
a bandit, esp. a member of a gang operating in mountainous areas
He looked like a scruffy brigand.
Synonyms
bandit,
outlaw,
robber,
gangster,
plunderer,
or woman">highwayman or woman,
desperado,
marauder,
ruffian,
freebooter,
footpad (archaic)
in the sense of buccaneer
Definition
a pirate, esp. in the Caribbean in the 17th and 18th centuries
the villainous buccaneer with the peg-leg and the parrot
Synonyms
pirate,
privateer,
corsair,
freebooter,
sea-rover
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Synonyms of 'marauder'
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Additional synonyms
in the sense of corsair
Definition
a pirate
Treasure galleons were often attacked by corsairs and pirates.
Synonyms
pirate,
rover,
buccaneer,
freebooter,
picaroon (archaic),
sea rover
in the sense of freebooter
Definition
a pirate
Synonyms
pirate,
raider,
robber,
bandit,
plunderer,
rover,
pillager,
buccaneer,
looter,
or woman">highwayman or woman,
marauder,
brigand,
reiver (dialect),
cateran (Scottish)
in the sense of outlaw
Definition
a criminal who has been deprived of legal protection and rights
a band of desperate outlaws
Synonyms
bandit,
criminal,
thief,
crook (informal),
robber,
fugitive,
outcast,
delinquent,
felon,
or woman">highwayman or woman,
desperado,
marauder,
brigand,
lawbreaker,
footpad (archaic)
in the sense of pirate
Definition
a person who commits piracy
In the nineteenth century, pirates roamed the seas.