Marauder

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

One who, while employed in the army as a soldier, commits a larceny or robbery in the neighborhood of the camp, or while wandering away from the army. Merlin, Eepert. See Halleck, Int. Law; Lieber, Guerrilla Parties; 37 Mo. 328.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A soldier or deserter who robs or steals.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

One who, while employed in the army as a soldier, commits a larceny or robbery in the neighborhood oY the camp, or while wandering away from the army. Merlin, R6pert. See Halleck, Int. Laws; Lieber, Guerrilla Parties.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A marauder ls defined in the law to be 'one who, while employed in the army as a soldier, commits larceny or robbery in the neighborhood of the camp or whlle wandering away from the army.' But in the modern and metaphorical sense of the word, as now sometimes used in common speech, it seems in be applied to a class of persons who are not a part of any regular army, and are not answerable to any military discipline, but who are mere lawless banditti, engaged in plundering, robbery, murder, and all conceivable crimes. Curry v. Collins, 37 Mo. 328.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

is one who while employed in the army as a soldier, commits a larceny or robbery in the neighbourhood of the camp, or while wandering away from the army. Merl. Repert. h. t.