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Type Words
Synonyms bust
Type of assail, attack


The police raided the crack house.
Type Words
Synonyms foray, maraud
Type of penetration, incursion
Has types swoop, air raid, air attack
Type Words
Synonyms foray into
Type of intrude on, encroach upon, invade, obtrude upon
Has types maraud
Derivation raider


The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly.
Type Words
Type of embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, defalcation, peculation
Type Words
Type of search


Our babysitter raided our refrigerator.
Type Words
Type of assume, arrogate, seize, take over, usurp
Derivation raider


T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies.

Examples of raid

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The successful raid also was a triumph for South Korea's president and military.
From the dailyherald.com
Mr Ibrahim's driver, Mehmet Gulasi, 44, of Merrylands, was arrested in the raid.
From the smh.com.au
The raid was conducted with US military personnel assaulting on two helicopters.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The vigilance of RAID means that Mr Burton's camp has not become so established.
From the telegraph.co.uk
It's like a fabulous jewellery box and you will want to raid it again and again.
From the guardian.co.uk
From there he fed the president and his team details of the raid as it unfolded.
From the bbc.co.uk
He was nearly caught in a recent raid in Malindi, further down the Kenyan coast.
From the economist.com
Diamondback says the raid focused on one of its employees, who was put on leave.
From the businessweek.com
In December 2005, many workers fled the plant as rumors spread of a coming raid.
From the washingtontimes.com
More examples
  • Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"
  • Foray: a sudden short attack
  • An attempt by speculators to defraud investors
  • Foray into: enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
  • Take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
  • Search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"
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  • Raid were a Tennessee based straight edge hardcore band that formed from the ashes of the band One Way. Along with the Californian band Vegan Reich and the English band 'Statement', Raid helped pioneer the Vegan straight edge movement and the Hardline lifestyle and ideology.
  • A raid is a type of mission in a video game, where the objective is to use a very large number of people, relative to a normal team size set by the game, to defeat a boss monster. ...