marauderEnglishOxford American Thesaurusmarauder noun they placed chains across the river mouth to keep out marauders: raider, plunderer, pillager, looter, robber, pirate, freebooter, buccaneer, corsair, rover, bandit, brigand, rustler, highwayman, ravager; Scottish, historical cateran, mosstrooper; archaic reaver, snaphance.