Definition of "maras" []

• An obsolete form of marish. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "In recent years Honduras has been plagued by drug trafficking and so-called maras or street gangs that carry out gruesome beheadings, rapes, and eye gouging."
• "The gangs, known as 'maras', started in the United States and then spread down into Central America, with members covered in distinctive tattoos and involved in drug trafficking, armed robbery and protection rackets."
• "The potential combination of Los Zetas - which has been known to leave severed heads in front of the Guatemalan Congress to intimidate officials - with the maras is a major cause for concern."