Raiders

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A raider or raiders can refer to:

• Sports organizations:
  • The Oakland Raiders are a National Football League team based in Oakland, California.
  • The Canberra Raiders are a National Rugby League team based in Canberra, Australia.
  • The Texas Tech Red Raiders are an NCAA Division I team from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.
    • The women's teams are called the Lady Raiders.
  • The Tampa Bay Raiders are a non-profit organization based in Tampa, Florida, that focuses on the boys and girls around the Tampa Bay area involved in baseball and other sports.
  • The Reed Raiders of Edward C. Reed High School in Sparks, Nevada.
  • The Rockledge Raiders of Rockledge High School in Rockledge, Florida.
  • The Ransom Raiders of Ransom Everglades in Miami, Florida
  • The Gulliver Raiders of Gulliver Preparatory School in Miami, Florida
  • The Shippensburg Raiders of Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania are the NCAA Division II athletics teams in Shippensburg, PA.
    • Also referred to as the "Shippensburg Red Raiders."
• Military organizations:
  • The Marine Raiders were an elite unit established by the United States Marine Corps during World War II.
  • Tarleton's Raiders is the name of a unit of British dragoons active during the American Revolution.
  • Quantrill's Raiders were Confederate guerrillas in the American Civil War.
• Military vehicles:
  • The Cylon Raider is the basic Cylon fighter craft in Battlestar Galactica
  • Great Eastern Islamic Raiders' Front is a Turkish terrorist organisation.
  • A merchant raider is a type of ship in naval warfare.
  • A commerce raider is a type of warship in naval warfare.
  • A Dark Eldar raider is a type of anti-gravity transport used in the game Warhammer 40,000.
  • The GAT-X370 Raider Gundam is a second generation Earth Alliance mobile suit from Gundam SEED.
• Video Games:
  • Star Raiders is a computer game for the Atari video game system.
  • Tomb Raider is a 1996 computer and Sony Playstation game, and the name of the ensuing series of games.
• Movie:
  • Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is a 2001 film based on the game.
  • Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life is the 2003 sequel.
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark was the original name for the first Indiana Jones movie. It has since been retitled Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.
• Other People and organizations:
  • Paul Revere & the Raiders is an American rock band.
  • Tusken Raiders (aka Sand People) are fictional creatures in the Star Wars saga.
  • The Turanic Raiders are a race of space pirates from the strategy game Homeworld.
• Other uses:
  • "Raider" was the old name for Twix in some European countries.