Thesaurus: raid

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1. n. A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
2. n. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury.
3. v. t. To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.
4. n. a sudden short attack
5. n. an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
6. v. search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
7. v. enter someone else's territory and take spoils
8. v. take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock
9. v. search for something needed or desired
10. To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided theborder counties.
11. v:28/n:72 n. an attempt by speculators to defraud investors v. search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on v. take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock v. search for something needed or desired