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raider

Variant of raid

noun

    1. a sudden, hostile attack, esp. by troops, military aircraft, etc., or by armed, usually mounted, bandits intent on looting
    2. any act or instance of entering to remove or capture something: a midnight raid on a refrigerator
  1. any sudden invasion of a place, as by police, for discovering and dealing with violations of the law
  2. ☆ an attempt, as by a business concern, to lure employees from a competitor
  3. a deliberate attempt by one or more speculators to cause a quick, unexpected fall in stock market prices

transitive verb, intransitive verb

to make a raid or raids (on)

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