raider
a light, fast warship, aircraft, etc., used in such a raid.
a person who seizes control of a company, as by secretly buying stock and gathering proxies.
Informal. a person who works within an organization for the purpose of gathering evidence of wrongdoing.
Origin of raider
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How to use raider in a sentence
After 33 Years and an airplane explosion, their "Raiders of the Lost Ark" remake is almost complete.
The Daily Beast’s Best Longreads, Nov 10-16, 2014 | William Boot | November 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTStasio would join the Fourth Brigade, Second Infantry Division, “the Raiders,” and deploy to Iraq.
The tomb-raiders are more terrified of the folklore spirits than they are of authorities that might catch them, he added.
They insisted the raiders were from the “Dnipr” battalion and they swore revenge on them.
In lieu of that, Alexa points to a pin on her visor that bears the Raiders logo.
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The hunt for the fugitive raiders was prompt, energetic, and completely successful.
To do so previously would have been a mere invitation to cattle-raiders, which they would not have been slow to accept!
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramThe Assyrians had the satisfaction of sweeping the raiders into the Zab, and of thus restoring order in that corner of the world.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramThese raiders also had in these works one of Colonel Washington's slaves pressed into their service.
The Raid of John Brown at Harper's Ferry as I Saw It | Rev. Samuel Vanderlip LeechThe feeling in Richmond against the raiders was bitter and universal.
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