raiders

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By climbing this gully, the raiders should be able to fall on the machine gunners from the rear and surprise them.

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  1. One who makes a raid; one engaged in a hostile or predatory incursion.

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  • Where the Spaniards and French had viewed Comanches variously as diplomats, raiders, allies, foes, traders, spouses, and kinspeople, Webb and Richardson, drawing heavily on the records of mid-nineteenth-century American settlers and soldiers, portrayed them simply as warriors. —  Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist
  • They're back from summer vacation and recruiting a few mature raiders -- check their website for needs or to apply. —  WoW.com
  • The panty raiders, the college president fumed, were "an ungrateful, irresponsible, infantile band of vile and cowardly hoodlums," using the school as a playground for their —  WSJ.com: What's News US
  • Local media have labelled the raiders "Robin Hoods" following previous raids. —  The Lede
  • He added that the vehicle indicated the raiders were sent by the authorities in plainclothes. —  Precious Metal: the blog
 

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