raid

Plural: raids

Noun

• a sudden short attack
• an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
• A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
• An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.
• An attacking movement.
• An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.
• A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
• An event involving one or more users, often using bots and scripts, who join a server to harm it or harass its members.

Verb

Verb Forms: raided, raiding, raids

• To make a sudden attack or incursion.
• search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
  • "The police raided the crack house"
• 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"
• To engage in a raid against.
• To lure from another; to entice away from.
• To indulge oneself by taking from.

Examples

• A group of mobsters raided an art museum and stole a bunch of paintings.
• a police raid of a narcotics factory
• a raid of contractors on the public treasury
• He planned to raid his opponent’s triple-word score with a perfectly placed tile.
• I raided the fridge for snacks.
• Someone has been banned from Discord for raiding a server.
• The police raided the gambling den.
• The soldiers raided the village and burned it down.

Synonyms

bust, foray, foray into, maraud, attack, incursion, irruption

Anagrams of raid