pillager

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Noun
  • Desperate to work with his idol, the ruthless corporate raider Gordon Gekko (played by Michael Douglas who won Best Actor), Fox manages to get his attention by providing insider information.
    True Tamplin, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Corporate raiders and activist investors often push long-standing companies into decisions that serve current shareholders and not the company's long-term vision.
    David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • There’s no evidence the great marauder himself descends from the Xiongnu elite, though, Brosseder says.
    ByAndrew Curry, science.org, 24 Feb. 2025
  • There’s no evidence the great marauder himself descends from the Xiongnu elite, though, Brosseder says.
    ByAndrew Curry, science.org, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • When there was nothing left to rob, the pirates often resorted to killing.
    Lauren Vuong, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Pretty much the entire town goes full Jack Sparrow, dressing up in pirate costumes and waving wooden swords to commemorate and exorcise the trauma of a time when attacks by the formidable Hayreddin Barbarossa, a.k.a.
    Lee Marshall, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2025
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“Pillager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pillager. Accessed 1 May. 2025.

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