raider
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈreɪdər/
- During the conflict, the village suffered frequent attacks from raiders who plundered their supplies.
- slave raiders
- pirate raiders
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Watch on YouTubeThey ambush in the first book a bunch of, you know, Raiders who are coming in a vast fleet.
- They ambush in the first book a bunch of, you know, Raiders who are coming in a vast fleet.
- The Vikings were opportunistic Raiders, not the cause of the dissolution of authority.
- You know, I did a job with some Ram Raiders and and this team were regularly going out ram raiding, using stolen vehicles.
- So here you go, The legend of the German Raider Merva.
- These are extremely skilled Raiders, and as I've just gotten through saying, they're Raiders with several different possible agendas.
- So then at some point you decided you wanted to move into MARSOC and become a Raider.
- First of all, they're infected with the Cordyceps fungus, which is a real fungus, but it's like they're like Raiders that get through and stuff like that.
Examples
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I will find these raiders.
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"I saw you spear that raider down by the southern end of the herd."
Fiction book (1990) -
-The city raiders hit our farm.
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- There are raiders everywhere.
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Raiders never hit a ship this big before.
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When I was a boy, my village was attacked by raiders from the northern plains.
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We've had our share of trouble with the raiders trying to cut us off from the North.
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Some terrible illness had come upon the raiders and was wiping them out.
Fiction book (1994) -
The raiders have become bold enough to attack Starforce itself.
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Quantrill and his raiders headed straight for the center of town, with revolvers and rifles in hand.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who steals from others by using or threatening to hurt them
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4.6
A person who steals from people or places, often using a weapon
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5.3
A person who steals things from shops and homes during riots or disasters
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8.8
A person who attacks places to steal things
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9.8
A person with a weapon who steals from travelers in remote areas
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7.2
A person who steals things by force from places like shops or homes during war
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9.9
A person who steals goods during war, often from villages or ships
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8.1
A person who steals things from places like shops, often during war
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9.9
A person who raids and steals from farms and homes in old times
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9.9
A person who steals valuable things by force, often during war
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9.5
A person who takes goods by force from people during war
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9.5
A person who attacks a town or city and steals things
A person who steals things from towns during war
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Etymology
Raider comes from the word raid, an old word for 'a ride' or surprise attack and is related to ride. Long ago, raiders would ride into towns to steal goods, so a raider today is someone who enters to take property by force.