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- DictionaryRaid/rād/
noun
- 1. a sudden attack on an enemy by troops, aircraft, or other armed forces in warfare: "a bombing raid" Similar surprise attackhit-and-run raidtip-and-run raidassaultdescentblitzincursionforaysortiesallyinroadonslaughtonrushstormingchargethrustoffensiveinvasionblitzkriegrazzia
- ▪ a surprise attack to commit a crime, especially to steal from business premises: "an early morning raid on a bank" Similar robberyburglaryholdupbreak-inmuggingrobbingpillaginglootingplunderplunderingransackingsacksackingmaraudinginformal:snatchsmash-and-grabblagheiststickup
- ▪ a surprise visit by police to arrest suspected people or seize illicit goods: "a police raid on his home" Similar swoopsurprise searchinformal:busttakedown
- ▪ a hostile attempt to buy a major or controlling interest in the shares of a company.
verb
- 1. conduct a raid on: "officers raided thirty homes yesterday" Similar attackmake a raid onassaultset upondescend onswoop onharassharryblitzmake inroads onassailstormrushchargeplundersteal frompillagelootriflemaraudstripransacksackliterary:despoilarchaic:reavespoilrare:depredatespoliateforagerobsteal fromhold upbreak intomake a raid oninformal:stick upsearchmake a search ofswoop onmake a raid oninformal:bust
- ▪ quickly and illicitly take something from (a place): "she crept down the stairs to raid the pantry"
Word Origin late Middle English (as a noun): Scots variant of road in the early senses ‘journey on horseback’, ‘foray’. The noun became rare from the end of the 16th century but was revived by Sir Walter Scott; the verb dates from the mid 19th century.
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