: 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.
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UConn’s Jim Mora was a women’s basketball fan, and candy raider at UCLA
UConn football coach Jim Mora is a former colleague, and still an fan of UCLA women’s basketball coach Cori Close, the Huskies’ Final Four foe.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
Later, Joel lies to Ellie, who was unconscious during his rescue mission, by saying raiders attacked the hospital.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Over the last decade, it’s become commonplace to describe President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party as hostile — as if the one-time New York real estate mogul was the political version of a corporate raider.
—David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2025
The family business traces its history back to 1983, when corporate raider Sam Heyman (d. 2009), a onetime member of The Forbes 400 won a proxy battle for roofing-and-chemicals company GAF.
—Robert Olsen, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025
Later, Joel lies to Ellie, who was unconscious during his rescue mission, by saying raiders attacked the hospital.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Over the last decade, it’s become commonplace to describe President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Republican Party as hostile — as if the one-time New York real estate mogul was the political version of a corporate raider.
—David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2025
The family business traces its history back to 1983, when corporate raider Sam Heyman (d. 2009), a onetime member of The Forbes 400 won a proxy battle for roofing-and-chemicals company GAF.
—Robert Olsen, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Raider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raider. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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