Nader's raider

Nader's raider

English

Etymology

From the name of US lawyer, author, politician, and social activist Ralph Nader (born 1934).

Noun

Nader's raider (plural Nader's raiders)

1. (US politics) An associate or assistant of Ralph Nader and of organizations led by him, who participates in Nader's legal, political, and social activitism.
   • 1970 April 20, "Agencies: Up Against the Wall, FDA!," Time:

     Nader's Raiders struck again last week. This time their target was the Federal Food and Drug Administration, which they tore apart in what may well be the most devastating critique of a U.S. Government agency ever issued.

   • 2011 Aug. 28, "Biography: Wendy’s secrets," Miami Herald (retrieved 16 Jan 2012):

     [S]he was overshadowed by her intensely competitive siblings, especially her brother Bruce, a graduate of Harvard’s law and business schools who went from being a Nader’s Raider, a left-wing consumer advocate, to a Master of the Universe, a leveraged buyout billionaire.