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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Recent Examples of raider
The populations in Akwa (also in southeastern Igboland) formed vigilante groups armed with rifles, built towers where sentinels were posted, and their shots would alert villagers if raiders came within sight.
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Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Their playbook consists of six practices: conducting full-potential... Private equity (PE) firms have often been portrayed as corporate raiders—investors who snap up companies, pump up their numbers through cost cutting and financial engineering, sell them at huge profits, and move on.
—Harvard Business Review, 20 Nov. 2025
Its namesake, cattleman Oliver Loving, was shot by a band of raiders during a cattle drive in 1866, and died of shock a few days later after a doctor didn’t amputate his gangrenous arm.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
All of them have been broken into by raiders over the centuries, their walls smashed or lids prised off despite once being locked shut with metal clasps.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
Their playbook consists of six practices: conducting full-potential... Private equity (PE) firms have often been portrayed as corporate raiders—investors who snap up companies, pump up their numbers through cost cutting and financial engineering, sell them at huge profits, and move on.
—Harvard Business Review, 20 Nov. 2025
Its namesake, cattleman Oliver Loving, was shot by a band of raiders during a cattle drive in 1866, and died of shock a few days later after a doctor didn’t amputate his gangrenous arm.
—Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
All of them have been broken into by raiders over the centuries, their walls smashed or lids prised off despite once being locked shut with metal clasps.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for raider
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raider
invader
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His 6-foot-9, 220-pound frame is a deterrent to would-be lane invaders and the avoidance was clear against Louisiana.—
Caleb Yum,
Austin American Statesman,
15 Jan. 2026
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The invaders left with the dog and another unidentified item or items, according to Lefebvre.—
Jack Perry,
The Providence Journal,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Raider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raider. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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