raider

raider
/ray"deuhr/, 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.
[1860-65; RAID + -ER1]

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР
Synonyms:

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Raider — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Cylon Raider Esquema conceptual de un Cylon Raider primera aparición Miniserie, Parte 1 …   Wikipedia Español

  • raider — [ rɛdɶr ] n. m. • 1985; mot angl. « pillard » ♦ Anglic. Personne physique ou morale qui lance une offre publique d achat (O. P. A.) hostile sur une société afin d en prendre le contrôle ou d en revendre ultérieurement les titres à un meilleur… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Raider — (engl. „Angreifer, Räuber, Plünderer“) ist ein taktischer Frontkämpfer beim Militär, besonders in der Kavallerie und bei den US Marines eine Bezeichnung von für eine spezielle Art von Finanzinvestoren, siehe Corporate Raider der bis 1991 genutzte …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • raider — raid·er n: one that attempts a usu. hostile takeover of a business corporation compare white knight Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. raider …   Law dictionary

  • raider — /ˈraider, ingl. reɪdə(r)/ [v. ingl. propr. «razziatore» dal verbo to raid «irrompere, fare razzia»] s. m. (borsa) speculatore …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • Raider — Raid er (r[=a]d [ e]r), n. One who engages in a raid. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • raider — (n.) 1863, agent noun from RAID (Cf. raid) (v.). A word from the American Civil War …   Etymology dictionary

  • Raider — A raider or raiders can refer to those who participate in a military raid or to: in Food: * Space Raiders, brand of crispsin sports organizations: * Adelaide Raiders, football (soccer) club in Adelaide, South Australia * Rochester Raiders, CIFL… …   Wikipedia

  • Raider — Twix Twix ouvert L interieur d un Twix …   Wikipédia en Français

  • raider — Individual or corporate investor who intends to take control of a company (often ostensibly for greenmail) by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management. Raiders who accumulate 5% or more of the outstanding shares in …   Financial and business terms

  • raider — UK [ˈreɪdə(r)] / US [ˈreɪdər] noun [countable] Word forms raider : singular raider plural raiders 1) someone who attacks a place using force 2) business a corporate raider …   English dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”