ADJ [ADJ n](人)四处劫掠的;(动物)四处攫食的 If you talk about marauding groups of people or animals, you mean they are unpleasant and dangerous, because they wander around looking for opportunities to steal or kill. (人)四处劫掠的;(动物)四处攫食的 [literary]
Marauding gangs of armed men have been looting food relief supplies.
持械抢劫团伙一直在四处抢劫救济食品。
...safe from danger, such as marauding wild animals.