razzia
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of razzia
1835–45; < French < Arabic (Algerian) ghāzya military raid, variant of Arabic ghazwah
Example Sentences
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This method of lightning search and seizure was called the razzia, and every family with young men lived in dread of it.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
It was Flip’s birthday when the razzia came to that quiet residential street of identical attached homes.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
Sunday morning, on crossing the Boulevard du Prince Eugène, I was taken in a razzia.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
It was a furious razzia; men, women, children, Parisians, provincials, foreigners, a crowd of people of all sexes and all ages, of all parties and all conditions.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
Some card-sharping expedition, I suppose—a razzia on the pigeon-roosts of America!
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
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