dawn raid

British

noun

stock exchange an unexpected attempt to acquire a substantial proportion of a company's shares at the start of a day's trading as a preliminary to a takeover bid

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The effort failed, and Yoon was eventually detained in a dawn raid in January, becoming South Korea's first sitting president to be taken into custody.

From Barron's

The latest federal investigation into Wiederhorn began around 2021 and involved a dawn raid on his home that December.

From Los Angeles Times

He was arrested in January in a dawn raid at the presidential palace after a tense fortnight where he had resisted being taken in and there were clashes between his security detail and police.

From BBC

It didn't feel like the kind of place where you would normally witness a dawn raid by the serious and organised crime unit.

From BBC

Locals say that a boy of 14 was among four killed after a dawn raid by Israeli forces resulted in violent confrontations.

From BBC

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