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ramraider

ramraider noun: a thief who operates by ramraiding.

Noun

ramraider (plural ramraiders)

  1. A thief who operates by ramraiding.
    • I'm not saying we stay here, maybe we relocate to an industrial unit somewhere, but this is a gift from fucking god. And you want to cut and run like a teenage ramraider. ·2010, Robert Lewis, Bank of the Black Sheep, page 213
    • A 35-year-old former ramraider now worth £400 million. He's one of the wealthiest criminals in British history.2011, Graham Johnson, Gang War

Examples of ramraider in a sentence

  • Sarah, being used to little kids, would have asked the appropriate questions, but Lianne went at it like a ramraider.2011, Kate Petty, Makeover:
  • It was along here that the ramraider had hated me and someone else, when he'd peered in and called us bastards.2017, Jonathan Gash, Paid and Loving Eyes:

Forms of ramraider

pluralramraiders
alternative formram-raider
alternative formram raider

Questions about ramraider

What does ramraider mean?
Ramraider means a thief who operates by ramraiding.
How do you use ramraider in a sentence?
Sarah, being used to little kids, would have asked the appropriate questions, but Lianne went at it like a ramraider.
What part of speech is ramraider?
Ramraider is a noun.
What is the plural of ramraider?
The plural of ramraider is ramraiders.

Words near ramraider in the dictionary

  1. rampways
  2. Rampy
  3. Rampys
  4. ramraid
  5. ramraided
  6. ramraider
  7. ramraiders
  8. ramraiding
  9. ramraidings
  10. ramraids
  11. Ramrajya

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