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  • n  someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war)
  • n  a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management

  • If stocks surged so high this year that they were bound to crash, part of the blame belongs to America's relentless band of corporate raiders.
  • THE REBEL RAIDERHoward SwiggettBobbs-Merrill ($3.
  • In the 1980s, you were called a corporate raider.
News & Articles

  • Rams sign safety Giordano
    Former Raider projects as third safety; adds veteran depth.
    June 14, 2013 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  • 'Tomb Raider' Is Getting A Reboot, 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer' Writer To Pen Screenplay
    It looks like the Tomb Raider film franchise, like the video game series it is based upon, is set to be rejuvenated with a prequel/reboot. Just this year, the fifth video game in the series, Tomb Raider , was released and it featured a rebooted continuity with a much younger, more vulnerable and desperate Lara Croft, and it now appears that MGM will be taking the same approach.
    June 13, 2013 - ScreenCrave
  • The 'Tomb Raider' Reboot Just Did Something Oh-So Right!
    Back in March, MGM announced that they had acquired the rights for the "Tomb Raider" video game franchise from Paramount, who let their hold on them expire after "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life" failed to find audiences. (That title certainly didn't help.) Now we have word from Variety that Marti Noxon, best [...]
    June 13, 2013 - MTV
Quotes

  • Jim Fassel in ESPN
    I'm not lobbying for the Raider job. I have never in my life rooted for a coach to be let go so there's an opening. I never have. I'm in the same fraternity,Fassel, who is the head coach of the Las Vegas Locomotives of the UFL, said.
  • Art Shell in Chicago Tribune
    He was the equal of owners in negotiations and made the league a better place for all players,Shell said. "Playing alongside of Gene was an honor and a privilege. He was a pillar of strength and leadership for our great Raider teams."
  • Gene Upshaw in Forbes
    After the game, when we found out that Darryl was paralyzed, John told him that from now on he was a Raider and we should treat him as one,Upshaw said.

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