as in invader
one that starts armed conflict against another especially without reasonable cause
villagers lived in constant fear of the raiders, who captured their women and children and sold them into slavery
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Netanyahu has overseen a nearly two-year war on Hamas in the wake of the extremist group’s attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, during which raiders killed nearly 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals and took 250 hostages.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 May 2025
After killing him, Arab raiders had stolen about a dozen cattle, including a fat milking cow.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
It was also used to protect San Francisco from Confederate raiders during the Civil War.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
In that film, Trachtenberg returns to his Prey roots and sends the Predator (adult) back in time to fight a Viking raider, a samurai, and a World War II pilot.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 May 2025
After killing him, Arab raiders had stolen about a dozen cattle, including a fat milking cow.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
It was also used to protect San Francisco from Confederate raiders during the Civil War.
—Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 5 May 2025
In that film, Trachtenberg returns to his Prey roots and sends the Predator (adult) back in time to fight a Viking raider, a samurai, and a World War II pilot.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Raider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raider. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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