raider
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• noun
A person or group that makes a sudden, unexpected attack or incursion into a place, typically to plunder, seize goods, or cause disruption.
"Coastal villages built stone watchtowers to spot approaching raiders from the sea."
An investor or financier who buys a large stake in an undervalued company in order to take control of it against the wishes of its current management.
"The board of directors adopted new bylaws to protect the firm from a hostile corporate raider."
A fast, lightly armed warship or aircraft designed to make surprise attacks on enemy supply lines and merchant shipping.
"Historians studied the logbooks of the disguised commerce raider that patrolled the Atlantic shipping lanes."
• Rhymes for raider
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from the verb 'raid' plus the agent suffix '-er'. 'Raid' comes from the Scots form of Old English 'rad', meaning 'a riding' or 'hostile incursion on horseback', making it a doublet of 'road'.