as in invader
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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The rabbi begins to play his flute and the raiders’ camels begin to dance to the music.
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Steve Hindy, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2015
After a first round of invasions in northern Egypt, however, scholars believe the raiders settled among a small area of the Mediterranean.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2024
Historical records show European contact did lead to population crashes: Peruvian slave raiders kidnapped one-third of the population in the 1860s and disease outbreaks left only about 110 individuals by the 1870s.
—Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 11 Sep. 2024
Bolloré, the second of National Rally’s long-term strategic assets, is Vincent Bolloré, a billionaire corporate raider and one of Europe’s richest individuals.
—Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
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Steve Hindy, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2015
After a first round of invasions in northern Egypt, however, scholars believe the raiders settled among a small area of the Mediterranean.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 11 Sep. 2024
Historical records show European contact did lead to population crashes: Peruvian slave raiders kidnapped one-third of the population in the 1860s and disease outbreaks left only about 110 individuals by the 1870s.
—Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 11 Sep. 2024
Bolloré, the second of National Rally’s long-term strategic assets, is Vincent Bolloré, a billionaire corporate raider and one of Europe’s richest individuals.
—Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
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“Raider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raider. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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