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MARAUDER
marauder, predator, vulture, piranha
(noun) someone who attacks in search of booty
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
marauder (plural marauders)
Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
By extension anything which marauds.
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*raud`er, n. Etym: [From Maraud, v.: cf. F. maraudeur.]
Definition: A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages. De Quincey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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