marauder
One who pillages
A marauder is someone who roams in search of things to steal or people to attack.
The word evokes bands of raiders pillaging villages or countryside: Marauders swept through the valley, taking livestock and grain.
Unlike a thief who targets specific valuables, a marauder suggests opportunistic violence and plunder.
Fugitive from justice
- brigandArmed robber, often rural
- highwaymanMounted thief targeting travelers
- robberOne who steals by force
- desperadoBold, reckless outlaw
rustler · bushwhacker · road agent · footpad · bandolero · cutpurse · holdup · fugitive
Victor who takes control
- invaderOne who enters aggressively
- occupierOne possessing a space
- colonizerOne who occupies foreign land
- aggressorOne who initiates conflict
usurper · warlord · horde · barbarian · vandal · hun · raiding party · warband
Caribbean colonial-era pirate
- corsairPirate or pirate ship
- privateerAuthorized civilian warship
- sea roverMaritime plunderer
- vikingMedieval Nordic raider
swashbuckler · filibuster · sea dog · boarder · cutthroat · galleon · treasure · booty
Thief exploiting disorder
- ransackerOne who searches destructively
- despoilerOne who ransacks
- reaverOne who seizes violently
- ravagerOne who destroys completely
forager · depredator · sacker · spoiler · harrier · devastator · wrecker · foray
outlaw
Fugitive from justice
- brigandArmed robber, often rural
- highwaymanMounted thief targeting travelers
- robberOne who steals by force
desperado · rustler · bushwhacker · road agent · footpad · bandolero · cutpurse · holdup · fugitive · renegade
conqueror
Victor who takes control
- invaderOne who enters aggressively
- occupierOne possessing a space
- colonizerOne who occupies foreign land
aggressor · usurper · warlord · horde · barbarian · vandal · hun · raiding party · warband · siege
buccaneer
Caribbean colonial-era pirate
viking · swashbuckler · filibuster · sea dog · boarder · cutthroat · galleon · treasure · booty · high seas
looter
Thief exploiting disorder
ravager · forager · depredator · sacker · spoiler · harrier · devastator · wrecker · foray · incursion
predator
Organism that consumes others
scavenger · vulture · jackal · wolf · shark · opportunist · menace · threat · terror · aggressor
plunder
Goods seized violently
treasure · swag · haul · pillage · bounty · riches · valuables · gold · silver · gems
- Piratesbuccaneer, corsair, corsairs, privateers, eyepatch
- Plundererslooter, ransacker, ravager, reaver, despoiler
- roguesrogue, rogues, scoundrel, scoundrels, rascal
- thievesthief, robber, burglar, pickpocket, shoplifter
- Aggressorsaggressor, attacker, invader, assailant, warmonger
- attackersaggressor, assailant, attacker, assaulter, ambusher
marauderbenefactor
One who gives aid
builder · provider · philanthropist · giver · restorer
- Marauders MapMagical tracking document