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corporate raider

corporate raider noun: one who carries out corporate raids.

Noun

corporate raider (plural corporate raiders)

  1. One who carries out corporate raids.
    • He [Carl Icahn] ruthlessly sold TWA assets for cash, and battled unions, earning a reputation as a “corporate raider”. The episode help inspire the character Gordon Gekko in the film Wall Street.2023 May 28, Antoine Gara, “A star corporate raider brought down to earth”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9

Forms of corporate raider

pluralcorporate raiders

Questions about corporate raider

What does corporate raider mean?
Corporate raider means one who carries out corporate raids.
What part of speech is corporate raider?
Corporate raider is a noun.
What is the plural of corporate raider?
The plural of corporate raider is corporate raiders.

Words near corporate raider in the dictionary

  1. corporate manslaughter
  2. Corporate Memphis
  3. corporate nun
  4. corporate nuns
  5. corporate raid
  6. corporate raider
  7. corporate raiders
  8. corporate raids
  9. corporate seal
  10. corporate seals
  11. corporate social responsibility

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