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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While raiders still rampaged, the Tonkawa more than doubled the number of the city's defenders.
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Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Nov. 2024
More than 800 years ago, raiders threw a dead body into a well outside a Norwegian castle.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
The scholar who grew up in Uvalde remembers hearing stories around the dinner table about Anglos and Mexicans, rangers and raiders, soldiers and ranchers whose histories intertwined in South Texas.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Oct. 2024
There are seven factions to choose from including undead space raiders, killer clowns and cybernetic marauders.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Nov. 2024
More than 800 years ago, raiders threw a dead body into a well outside a Norwegian castle.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
The scholar who grew up in Uvalde remembers hearing stories around the dinner table about Anglos and Mexicans, rangers and raiders, soldiers and ranchers whose histories intertwined in South Texas.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Oct. 2024
There are seven factions to choose from including undead space raiders, killer clowns and cybernetic marauders.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Raider.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raider. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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