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raid•er



Pronunciation: (rā'dur), [key]
—n.
1. a person or thing that raids.
2. a commando, ranger, or the like, specially trained to participate in military raids.
3. a light, fast warship, aircraft, etc., used in such a raid.
4. a person who seizes control of a company, as by secretly buying stock and gathering proxies.
5. Informal.a person who works within an organization for the purpose of gathering evidence of wrongdoing.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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