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.
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Spiders spin various shapes of outer sacs that discourage egg raiders.
These huntsman spiders do something weird: live together as a big, happy family | Susan Milius | July 19, 2022 | Science NewsThe MSI GE76 raider delivers the full desktop experience in a portable form factor.
Its most recent game, 2018’s “Shadow of the Tomb raider,” sold more than 4 million copies.
Raiders cornerback Trayvon Mullen got only the second interception this season thrown by Patrick Mahomes.
No victory lap this time for Raiders as Patrick Mahomes wins it late for Chiefs | Mark Maske | November 23, 2020 | Washington PostThe raiders hurt her, too, but another survivor helped feed her, and she recovered to found a new pack with him.
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Icahn never liked—actually viscerally hated—the term corporate raider.
It happened a decade ago, when she was in Cambodia shooting the action movie Lara Croft: Tomb raider.
Angelina Jolie Discusses New Film and Humanitarian Work With Tina Brown | Ramin Setoodeh | December 5, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTFearing more repressions, more raider takeovers of business, worse state corruption, people lose their optimism.
Peter Gross looked at him keenly, for Jahi was reputed to be the boldest raider and head-hunter in the hills.
The Argus Pheasant | John Charles Beecham"Boy Scouts of the Sea," watch us do our partIf a raider or a sub.
With the Colors | Everard Jack AppletonEntering, we found another whisky raid in progress, Slavin himself being the raider.
Black Rock | Ralph ConnorYes, he was accused of violating the rules of war as a guerilla raider in the invasion of Pennsylvania.
The Clansman | Thomas DixonFor a few seconds the German raider continued to roar eastward.
Dave Dawson with the R.A.F | R. Sidney Bowen
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