: one that raids: such as
a
: a fast lightly armed ship operating against merchant shipping
b
: a soldier specially trained for close-range fighting
c
: one that attempts a usually hostile takeover of a business corporation
corporate raiders
Examples of raider in a Sentence
The village needs protection from enemy raiders.
Raiders had emptied the tomb of treasure.
He made his fortune as a corporate raider.
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Desperate to work with his idol, the ruthless corporate raider Gordon Gekko (played by Michael Douglas who won Best Actor), Fox manages to get his attention by providing insider information.
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True Tamplin, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Corporate raiders and activist investors often push long-standing companies into decisions that serve current shareholders and not the company's long-term vision.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Although best known for its 29 years as a federal penitentiary, the island of Alcatraz was also a military fort, used by the army during the Civil War to protect San Francisco from Confederate raiders.
—Louise McLoughlin, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
UConn’s Jim Mora was a women’s basketball fan, and candy raider at UCLA
UConn football coach Jim Mora is a former colleague, and still an fan of UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close, the Huskies’ Final Four foe.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
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True Tamplin, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Corporate raiders and activist investors often push long-standing companies into decisions that serve current shareholders and not the company's long-term vision.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Although best known for its 29 years as a federal penitentiary, the island of Alcatraz was also a military fort, used by the army during the Civil War to protect San Francisco from Confederate raiders.
—Louise McLoughlin, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2025
UConn’s Jim Mora was a women’s basketball fan, and candy raider at UCLA
UConn football coach Jim Mora is a former colleague, and still an fan of UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close, the Huskies’ Final Four foe.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for raider
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“Raider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raider. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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