Raider

A raider is a person who attacks an enemy in the enemy's territory; a marauder.

In finance a raider is a person that tries, often hostile, takeovers of companies with undervalued assets. The actual purpose of the raider is not to make profit from the company, but rather from reselling it quickly at higher price.

Raider(s) may also refer to:

Sports teams

Australia

Adelaide Raiders, football (soccer) club in Adelaide, South Australia
Canberra Raiders, National Rugby League team based in Canberra, Australia
Toowoomba Raiders FC, an Australian football (soccer) club from Toowoomba, Queensland
Wodonga Raiders Football Club, football (soccer) club in Wodonga, Australia

Canada

Georgetown Raiders, a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Georgetown, Ontario
Georgetown Raiders Sr. A, a former ice hockey team from Georgetown, Ontario
Kingston Raiders, a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League for the 1988–1989 season only
Napanee Raiders, a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based in Napanee, Ontario
Nepean Raiders, a Junior ice hockey team from Nepean, Ontario
Ontario Raiders, a National Lacrosse League during the 1998 season
Preston Raiders, a former (1965–1977) Canadian Junior "B" ice hockey team from Preston (now Cambridge), Ontario
Prince Albert Raiders, a major junior ice hockey team based in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Wexford Raiders, former name (1983–2006) of the Toronto Jr. Canadiens, a Junior "A" ice hockey team from Downsview, Ontario
Raiders, the teams of Delhi District Secondary School, Ontario

New Zealand

Hibiscus Coast Raiders, a rugby league club based on the Hibiscus Coast
Waitakere City Raiders, a New Zealand rugby league club based in Waitakere City from 1994 to 1996

United Kingdom

Barrow Raiders, an English rugby league team
Bournemouth Raiders, a former American football team
London Raiders, a slowpitch softball club based in London, England
Plymouth Raiders, a British Basketball League team
Romford Raiders, an English Premier Ice Hockey League based in Romford, London
Telford Raiders, a rugby league club based in Telford, Shropshire, England
Wightlink Raiders, an ice hockey team based in Ryde on the Isle of Wight, England

United States

Professional

Oakland Raiders, a National Football (American football) League team based in Oakland, California
New York Raiders, an American National Rugby League team based in New York, New York
Racine Raiders, a Mid-States Football (American football) League team based in Racine, Wisconsin
Richmond Raiders, a former American indoor football (American football) team based in Richmond, Virginia
Rochester Raiders, a former Continental Indoor Football (American football) League team based in Rochester, New York
Salem Raiders, a former professional hockey team (1980–1982) based in Salem, Virginia
Virginia Raiders, a defunct (1982–1983) minor league professional ice hockey team based in Salem, Virginia

Collegiate

Colgate Raiders, the athletics teams of Colgate University, Hamilton, New York
Southern Oregon Raiders, the athletic teams of Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon
Wright State Raiders, the athletics teams of Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio
MSOE Raiders, the athletics teams from Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

High school

Raiders, the teams of Lumberton High School (Lumberton, Texas)
Raiders, the teams of Atholton High School (Columbia, Maryland)
Raiders, the teams of St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
Roosevelt Raiders, the teams of Eleanor Roosevelt High School (Maryland)
Flushing Raiders, the teams of Flushing High School (Michigan)
Portland Raiders, the teams of Portland High School (Michigan)
Seneca Valley Raiders, the teams of Seneca Valley High School (Pennsylvania) - see Seneca Valley School District
Hudson Raiders, the teams of Hudson High School, Wisconsin
Glenbard South Raiders, the teams of Glenbard South High School
Navarre Raiders, the teams of Navarre High School (Florida)

Elsewhere

Swarco Raiders Tirol, a semi-professional American football club based in Innsbruck, Austria
Bydgoszcz Raiders, an American football team based in Bydgoszcz, Poland

Military uses

Marine Raiders, an elite, special operations United States Marine Corps unit that traces their lineage to the Marine Raiders of WWII
HMS Raider, several Royal Navy ships
Northrop YC-125 Raider, a 1940s American three-engined STOL utility transport
Sikorsky S-97 Raider, a light helicopter currently under development for the United States Army
Merchant raider, a type of ship in naval warfare
In the Indonesian Army, raider battalions and units are defined as special infantry soldiers

Vehicles

Dodge Raider, a rebadged Mitsubishi Montero sold by Dodge
Mitsubishi Raider, a rebadged Dodge Dakota sold by Mitsubishi Motors
Suzuki Raider 150, a motorcycle
Raider, a custom version of the Yamaha XV1900A motorcycle
A brand of skid loader

Entertainment

Paul Revere & the Raiders, American rock band
"Raider", a track from the 1969 album Farewell Aldebaran, by Judy Henske and Jerry Yester
"Raiders", a track from the 1987 album Young and Free, by Rock Goddess
Raider (novel), by Susan Gates
Western Approaches (film), alternatively titled The Raider
Cylon Raider, fighter spacecraft in various Battlestar Galactica TV series and movies
Raiders (comics), three Marvel Comics characters
Raider, a G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero toy vehicle
Raiders, a term for bandits and highwaymen in the Fallout video game series
Raiders of the Lost Ark, often referred to simply as Raiders

People

Brad Raider (born 1975), American stage and screen actor
Brad Rader, who has signed artwork as simply Raider

Other uses

Raider, the name of the Twix chocolate bar in several European countries until the 1990s
HTC Raider 4G, a smartphone released in South Korea in 2011