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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First, down in Mechanical, Knox plans to rob Supply because raiders are blocking the stairs, and their Supply ally Carla is still incarcerated, so the Down Deep is running low on essentials.
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Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
What a waste of effort for the rest of the raiders who weren’t a QB today.
—Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
One of the militias has a powerful saw that can cut through concrete, enabling them to sneak behind Judicial’s raiders.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
In Charleston, Loyalists were desperate for skilled horsemen who could work as scouts and raiders, plundering Patriot homes for supplies.
—Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
What a waste of effort for the rest of the raiders who weren’t a QB today.
—Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
One of the militias has a powerful saw that can cut through concrete, enabling them to sneak behind Judicial’s raiders.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
In Charleston, Loyalists were desperate for skilled horsemen who could work as scouts and raiders, plundering Patriot homes for supplies.
—Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Raider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raider. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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