raid

[reyd]

noun

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.

verb (used with object)

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.

verb (used without object)

to engage in a raid.

Origin of raid

1375–1425; Middle English (north and Scots) ra(i)de, Old English rād expedition, literally, a riding; doublet of road

Related formscoun·ter·raid, noun, verbun·raid·ed, adjective

Synonyms for raid

1. seizure. 2. incursion, invasion, inroad.

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Related Words for raided

capture, break-in, onslaught, sortie, sweep, arrest, assault, invasion, incursion, bomb, plunder, rob, bombard, blockade, harass, ransack, storm, loot, invade, overrun

Examples from the Web for raided

Contemporary Examples of raided

The FBI raided his home in 2000 with an affidavit questioning his use of $200,000 from his white supremacist fundraising.
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Jason Berry
January 7, 2015
In the weeks following the Sept. 9, car bombing at the Iranian base, Iran raided a village in the Pakistani district of Chagai.
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December 29, 2014
Before preservationists could put a stop to it, he and other looters had raided and destroyed precious relics buried at the site.
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Nina Strochlic
December 11, 2014
Last month, six gay men were sentenced to two years of hard labor when their apartment was raided.
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Jay Michaelson
October 18, 2014
According to the Amnesty report, a Special Forces unit had raided the house on February 12, 2010.
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Nico Hines, Sami Yousafzai
August 11, 2014

Historical Examples of raided

His premises were raided by the Bavarians after the Battle of Beaumont.
A Zola Dictionary
J. G. Patterson
He thought they were rebels who raided ranches in Altar,––political prisoners.
The Treasure Trail
Marah Ellis Ryan
The ships that raided them were the Enterprise and the Yo-Yo.
Space Viking
Henry Beam Piper
A planet that can be raided with impunity isn't worth the time it takes getting to it.
Space Viking
Henry Beam Piper
"If they want gold, they should have raided Stolgoland," one of the Syndics said.
Space Viking
Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for raided

raid

noun

a sudden surprise attackan air raid
a surprise visit by police searching for criminals or illicit goodsa fraud-squad raid
See also bear raid, dawn raid

verb

to make a raid against (a person, thing, etc)
to sneak into (a place) in order to take something, steal, etcraiding the larder

Derived Formsraider, noun

Word Origin for raid

C15: Scottish dialect, from Old English rād military expedition; see road

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Word Origin and History for raided

raid

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."

raid

"take part in a raid," 1785 (implied in raiding), from raid (n.). Related: Raided; raiding. Cf. raider.