as in invaders
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 raiders
Give me raiders of the lost past, any day, and forgive them their lack of footnotes.
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
The raiders just went on a 7-0 run to take a 68-67 lead with under six minutes to play.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Idaho’s pest management programs traditionally deal with agrarian problems, like noxious weeds, or agricultural raiders like pocket gophers, marmots or voracious insects.
—Mark Dee
march 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
His comfortable life as a deacon’s son was disrupted at the age of 16 when he was captured and enslaved by Irish raiders, spending the next years as a shepherd on a remote, often freezing hillside.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
Inspectors roam elaborate tunnels used by tomb raiders and smugglers over different eras.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
Amongst the sandy plains of the Burning Springs region and throngs of raiders and ruthless cap collectors is Prime Video’s Fallout character, The Ghoul (Walton Goggins).
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
The Taopiaopiao release centers on an underperforming local police unit that fabricates minor cases to pad its record, only to uncover a genuine criminal conspiracy after a burst water main exposes a gang of tomb raiders posing as repair workers.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026
Vestar was born in 1988 during private equity’s first boom, the same year a brash NYC firm known as Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts took down mighty RJR Nabisco for $25 billion ($70 billion in today’s terms), back when deals were called LBOs and dealmakers were known as corporate raiders.
—Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
The raiders just went on a 7-0 run to take a 68-67 lead with under six minutes to play.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Idaho’s pest management programs traditionally deal with agrarian problems, like noxious weeds, or agricultural raiders like pocket gophers, marmots or voracious insects.
—Mark Dee
march 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
His comfortable life as a deacon’s son was disrupted at the age of 16 when he was captured and enslaved by Irish raiders, spending the next years as a shepherd on a remote, often freezing hillside.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
Inspectors roam elaborate tunnels used by tomb raiders and smugglers over different eras.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
Amongst the sandy plains of the Burning Springs region and throngs of raiders and ruthless cap collectors is Prime Video’s Fallout character, The Ghoul (Walton Goggins).
—Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 26 Feb. 2026
The Taopiaopiao release centers on an underperforming local police unit that fabricates minor cases to pad its record, only to uncover a genuine criminal conspiracy after a burst water main exposes a gang of tomb raiders posing as repair workers.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026
Vestar was born in 1988 during private equity’s first boom, the same year a brash NYC firm known as Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts took down mighty RJR Nabisco for $25 billion ($70 billion in today’s terms), back when deals were called LBOs and dealmakers were known as corporate raiders.
—Hank Tucker, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raiders
invaders
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By the time police arrived, the home invaders had already left, possibly in a black Acura sport-utility vehicle with no license plates.—
Jeramie Bizzle,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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The Senators have taken steps to gradually phase out invaders in favour of their own fans.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Raiders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raiders. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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