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raider

[ rey-der ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that raids.
  2. a commando, ranger, or the like, specially trained to participate in military raids.
  3. a light, fast warship, aircraft, etc., used in such a raid.
  4. a person who seizes control of a company, as by secretly buying stock and gathering proxies.
  5. Informal. a person who works within an organization for the purpose of gathering evidence of wrongdoing.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of raider1

First recorded in 1860–65; raid + -er 1
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Example Sentences

The raiders dressed all alike, in black robes.

He mentioned a campaign 40 years ago, when “corporate raiders” tried to take over the company after more than a decade of struggles following co-founder Roy O. Disney’s death.

Mr. Netanyahu has publicly rejected Hamas’s latest offer for a pause in fighting that would open the way for the release of the hostages seized when Hamas-led raiders attacked Israel on Oct.

After Kim warned other server leaders of the attacks, she said, many of them shared user IDs of the attackers so that moderators could block the raiders preemptively.

Someone said it had been built by the billionaire corporate raider Sir James Goldsmith in 1989.

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