"raid" Definition

Definitions for the word "raid" from multiple English dictionaries.

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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
1 rapid surprise attack, esp.: a in warfare. B in order to commit a crime, steal, or do harm. 2 surprise attack by police etc. To arrest suspected persons or seize illicit goods. v. Make a raid on. raider n. [scots form of *road]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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