raider

raider
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [A person who makes raids]
Syn. bandit, thief, robber, plunderer, looter, pillager, rifler, assaulter, highwayman, brigand, privateer, invader, commando, guerrilla, cavalryman, marauder, hijacker, cattle lifter, rustler, predator, wrecker, depredator, pirate, freebooter, holdup man, sharper, pilferer, poacher, viking, bushranger, spoiler, corsair, filibuster, picaroon, filcher, buccaneer, despoiler, sacker, abductor; see also criminal , pirate , robber .
2. [A vessel engaged in raiding]
Syn. privateer, pirate ship, brigantine, corsair, submarine, U-boat, mosquito boat, torpedo boat; see also ship .

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