Raiders are people who enter a building or place by force in order to steal something.
[British]
The raiders escaped with cash and jewellery.
Synonyms: attacker, thief, robber, plunderer More Synonyms of raider
2. countable noun
Raiders are soldiers who make a sudden armed attack on a place, with the aim of causing damage or taking something, rather than occupying any of the enemy's land.
The raiders continued on their mission–to seek out and destroy enemy air and seaforces.
3. See also corporate raider
Examples of 'raider' in a sentence
raider
The cash transit drivers were followed inside and attacked by two raiders with a sledgehammer and a crowbar on Friday.
The Sun (2016)
She then discovered that raiders had forced a window and stolen valuables worth thousands of pounds.
The Sun (2011)
The Malton raider can make the long journey pay.
The Sun (2008)
Indeed, the cost of the attack to the raiders was astonishingly light.