: 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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Three decades of raiding tombs as the titular tomb raider of the Tomb Raider franchise has landed Lara Croft in peak position atop a new list of the most iconic video game characters of all time.
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Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2024
Bob Iger His antagonist Peltz, a corporate raider who previously led campaigns to shake up PepsiCo, P&G, and Wendy’s, has been agitating for Disney to shift its approach for several years.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
More than a decade earlier, in 1983, corporate raider Saul Steinberg staged an ultimately unsuccessful hostile takeover of Disney.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Apr. 2024
But then corporate raider Carl Icahn entered the picture, snapping up a sizable chunk of the company’s shares and agitating for a more generous offer.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
When the gang of Irish Republican Army raiders sped off into the night in April 1974 from an estate south of Dublin, 19 masterpieces were crammed into the car.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Disney is facing a proxy fight against two activists: The corporate raider Nelson Peltz, and Blackwells Capital.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2024
But because the Civil War erupted months later, the Clotilda survivors – who were all abducted from the same town in present-day Nigeria by raiders from the kingdom of Dahomey in present-day Benin – were emancipated within five years.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2024
The Destiny 2 community is aflame with fresh drama as 4x World’s First raider, Team Elysium’s Cruz, has been banned from the game for allegedly breaking Bungie’s guidelines on cheating software.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 4 Apr. 2024
Bob Iger His antagonist Peltz, a corporate raider who previously led campaigns to shake up PepsiCo, P&G, and Wendy’s, has been agitating for Disney to shift its approach for several years.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 3 Apr. 2024
More than a decade earlier, in 1983, corporate raider Saul Steinberg staged an ultimately unsuccessful hostile takeover of Disney.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Apr. 2024
But then corporate raider Carl Icahn entered the picture, snapping up a sizable chunk of the company’s shares and agitating for a more generous offer.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
When the gang of Irish Republican Army raiders sped off into the night in April 1974 from an estate south of Dublin, 19 masterpieces were crammed into the car.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Disney is facing a proxy fight against two activists: The corporate raider Nelson Peltz, and Blackwells Capital.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Mar. 2024
But because the Civil War erupted months later, the Clotilda survivors – who were all abducted from the same town in present-day Nigeria by raiders from the kingdom of Dahomey in present-day Benin – were emancipated within five years.
—Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2024
The Destiny 2 community is aflame with fresh drama as 4x World’s First raider, Team Elysium’s Cruz, has been banned from the game for allegedly breaking Bungie’s guidelines on cheating software.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
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“Raider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raider. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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