raid
[reyd]
- a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- Military. a sudden attack on the enemy, as by air or by a small land force.
- a vigorous, large-scale effort to lure away a competitor's employees, members, etc.
- Finance. a concerted attempt of speculators to force stock prices down.
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- to make a raid on.
- to steal from; loot: a worry that the investment fund is being raided.
- to entice away from another: Large companies are raiding key personnel from smaller companies.
- to indulge oneself by taking from, especially in order to eat: raiding the cookie jar.
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- to engage in a raid.
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Origin of raid
1375–1425; Middle English (north and Scots) ra(i)de, Old English rād expedition, literally, a riding; doublet of road
Synonyms
See more synonyms for raid on Thesaurus.com1. seizure. 2. incursion, invasion, inroad.
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Examples from the Web for raided
Contemporary Examples
The FBI raided his home in 2000 with an affidavit questioning his use of $200,000 from his white supremacist fundraising.
In the weeks following the Sept. 9, car bombing at the Iranian base, Iran raided a village in the Pakistani district of Chagai.
Before preservationists could put a stop to it, he and other looters had raided and destroyed precious relics buried at the site.
Last month, six gay men were sentenced to two years of hard labor when their apartment was raided.
According to the Amnesty report, a Special Forces unit had raided the house on February 12, 2010.
Obama's Pentagon Covered Up War Crimes in Afghanistan, Says Amnesty InternationalNico Hines, Sami Yousafzai
August 11, 2014
Historical Examples
His premises were raided by the Bavarians after the Battle of Beaumont.
A Zola DictionaryJ. G. Patterson
He thought they were rebels who raided ranches in Altar,––political prisoners.
The Treasure TrailMarah Ellis Ryan
The ships that raided them were the Enterprise and the Yo-Yo.
Space VikingHenry Beam Piper
A planet that can be raided with impunity isn't worth the time it takes getting to it.
Space VikingHenry Beam Piper
"If they want gold, they should have raided Stolgoland," one of the Syndics said.
Space VikingHenry Beam Piper
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- to make a raid against (a person, thing, etc)
- to sneak into (a place) in order to take something, steal, etcraiding the larder
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Word Origin
C15: Scottish dialect, from Old English rād military expedition; see road
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Word Origin and History for raided
raid
n.
early 15c., "mounted military expedition," Scottish and northern English form of rade "a riding, journey," from Old English rad "a riding, ride, expedition, journey; raid," (see road). The word died out by 17c., but was revived by Scott ("The Lay of the Last Minstrel," 1805), ("Rob Roy," 1818), with extended sense of "attack, foray."
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