verb. (nautical).—See quot. Hence, MAROON, subs. = a man MAROONED.
1862. MAYNE REID, The MAROON [Title].
1892. The Leisure Hour, xli. Jan., p. 172/1. Stealing was punished with great severity, generally by ‘MAROONING’—i.e. abandonment on a desert isle, with a little powder and shot and a flask of water.
