Plunderer took spoil with a rude abandon (8)

I believe the answer is:

marauder

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'plunderer' is the definition.
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'spoil with a rude abandon' is the wordplay.
'spoil' becomes 'mar' (synonyms).
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'abandon' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'abandoned' mean this (the original order is abandoned)).
'rude' is an anagram of 'uder'.
'a' inserted inside 'uder' is 'auder'.
'mar'+'auder'='MARAUDER'

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(Other definitions for marauder that I've seen before include "Predator" , "Brigand" , "person in search of prey and plunder" , "Roving robber" , "'One runs wild, plundering and pillaging (8)'" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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