1. (noun)plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) Synonyms: pamperer, spoiler, looter, plunderer, pillager, raider, coddler, freebooter, despoiler, mollycoddler
2. (noun)raider a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management Synonyms: pillager, freebooter, despoiler, spoiler, looter, plunderer
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'raider'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. raider A robber seeks to obtain the property of others by force or intimidation; a thief by stealth and secrecy. In early English thief was freely used in both senses, as in Shakespeare and the Author Synonyms: robber, bandit, depredator, freebooter, pirate, brigand, despoiler, highwayman, plunderer, buccaneer, footpad, marauder, raider, burglar, forager, pillager, thief