Akademik

raider

noun

1. someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)

• Syn: ↑plunderer, ↑pillager, ↑looter, ↑spoiler, ↑despoiler, ↑freebooter

• Derivationally related forms: ↑raid, ↑despoil (for: ↑despoiler), ↑loot (for: ↑looter), ↑pillage (for: ↑pillager), ↑plunder (for: ↑plunderer)

• Topics: ↑war, ↑warfare

• Hypernyms: ↑thief, ↑stealer

• Hyponyms: ↑pirate, ↑buccaneer, ↑sea robber, ↑sea rover

2. a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management

• Derivationally related forms: ↑raid

• Hypernyms: ↑corporate investor

Useful english dictionary. 2012.