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Marauder

A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages.

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Aggressor 76% connected

The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assailant 76% connected

Assailing; attacking.

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Assaulter 76% connected

One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Attacker 76% connected

One who attacks.

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Maraud 74% connected

To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Maraud 74% connected

To rove in quest of plunder; to make an excursion for booty; to plunder.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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predator 92% connected

An organism that hunts and feeds on other organisms

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Vulture 92% connected

Any one of numerous species of rapacious birds belonging to Vultur, Cathartes, Catharista, and various other genera of the family Vulturidae.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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