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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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“Raider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raider. Accessed 25 Jun. 2022.
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The first known use of raider was in 1861
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