as in invaders
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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Recent Examples of raiders
Out of all 32 teams in the League, the Las Vegas raiders get the first pick of the draft, with the New York Jets to follow.
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Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 23 Apr. 2026
The Vikings were raiders, pirates, traders, explorers, and colonizers who traveled far beyond their homeland in Scandinavia between the 9th and 11 centuries.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
All that maritime commerce also attracted its fair share of Viking raiders from Scandinavia.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
Give me raiders of the lost past, any day, and forgive them their lack of footnotes.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
The raiders just went on a 7-0 run to take a 68-67 lead with under six minutes to play.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Idaho’s pest management programs traditionally deal with agrarian problems, like noxious weeds, or agricultural raiders like pocket gophers, marmots or voracious insects.
—Mark Dee
march 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
His comfortable life as a deacon’s son was disrupted at the age of 16 when he was captured and enslaved by Irish raiders, spending the next years as a shepherd on a remote, often freezing hillside.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
Inspectors roam elaborate tunnels used by tomb raiders and smugglers over different eras.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 23 Apr. 2026
The Vikings were raiders, pirates, traders, explorers, and colonizers who traveled far beyond their homeland in Scandinavia between the 9th and 11 centuries.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
All that maritime commerce also attracted its fair share of Viking raiders from Scandinavia.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026
Give me raiders of the lost past, any day, and forgive them their lack of footnotes.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
The raiders just went on a 7-0 run to take a 68-67 lead with under six minutes to play.
—Andrew Greif, NBC news, 20 Mar. 2026
Idaho’s pest management programs traditionally deal with agrarian problems, like noxious weeds, or agricultural raiders like pocket gophers, marmots or voracious insects.
—Mark Dee
march 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
His comfortable life as a deacon’s son was disrupted at the age of 16 when he was captured and enslaved by Irish raiders, spending the next years as a shepherd on a remote, often freezing hillside.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
Inspectors roam elaborate tunnels used by tomb raiders and smugglers over different eras.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raiders
invaders
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The resident escaped, but by the time police had responded to the scene, the home invaders had fled.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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There are more than 300 species of ants in the Southeast, including non-native invaders.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Raiders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raiders. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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