raider
Example Sentences
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The raiders attacked Darfur refugees and Chadian villagers, seizing livestock and killing those who resisted.
From Reuters
U.S. court documents showed that the raiders took computers, hard drives and a mobile phone from the embassy and handed them over to the FBI after fleeing to the U.S.
From Reuters
Meet the raccoon dog; it earns its name from its black facial markings, which give the animal a masked appearance and a more-than-passing resemblance to those infamous raiders of urban trash cans.
From New York Times
Corporate boards, ranging from about five to more than a dozen members, wrestle with complex challenges, including fluctuating profits, shareholder revolts and corporate raiders.
From Los Angeles Times
In contrast, the transition in this single clonal raider colony only took one generation, making it much easier to study.
From Science Magazine
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