raid

raid  (rd)

n.

1. A surprise attack by a small armed force.

2. A sudden forcible entry into a place by police: a raid on a gambling den.

3. An entrance into another's territory for the purpose of seizing goods or valuables.

4. A predatory operation mounted against a competitor, especially an attempt to lure away the personnel or membership of a competing organization.

5. An attempt to seize control of a company, as by acquiring a majority of its stock.

6. An attempt by speculators to drive stock prices down by coordinated selling.

v. raid·ed, raid·ing, raids

v.tr.

To make a raid on.

v.intr.

To conduct a raid or participate in one.

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[Scots, raid on horseback, from Middle English rade, from Old English rd, a riding, road; see reidh- in Indo-European roots.]

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raider n.

Word History: Few soldiers traveling a road to carry out a raid would connect the words road and raid. However, both descend from the same Old English word rd. Old English rd meant "the act of riding" and "the act of riding with a hostile intent; that is, a raid," senses that no longer exist for our word road. The ai in raid represents the standard development in the northern dialects of Old English long a, while the oa in road represents the standard development of Old English long a in the rest of the English dialects. It was left to Sir Walter Scott to revive the Scots form raid with the sense "a military expedition on horseback." The Scots were not the only ones conducting raids, however. We find these words in the Middle English Coventry Leet Book: "aftur a Rode ... made uppon the Scottes at thende of this last somer." While road is not used in this way any more in English, a trace of this usage is still detectable in the compound inroad, literally "a riding or advance on or in."

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raid

Noun

1. a sudden surprise attack: a bombing raid

2. a surprise visit by police searching for people or goods: a drugs raid

Verb

1. to make a raid on

2. to sneak into (a place) in order to steal [Old English rād military expedition]

raider n

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An operation, usually small scale, involving a swift penetration of hostile territory to secure information, confuse the enemy, or to destroy installations. It ends with a planned withdrawal upon completion of the assigned mission.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	raid - a sudden short attack                 foray, maraud air attack, air raid - an attack by armed planes on a surface target penetration, incursion - an attack that penetrates into enemy territory swoop - a very rapid raid
	2.	raid - an attempt by speculators to defraud investors embezzlement, misappropriation, peculation, misapplication, defalcation - the fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else
Verb	1.	raid - search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house" bust attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"
	2.	raid - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" foray into encroach upon, intrude on, obtrude upon, invade - to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate; "This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy" maraud - raid and rove in search of booty; "marauding rebels overran the countryside"
	3.	raid - take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies" take over, usurp, arrogate, seize, assume - seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession; "He assumed to himself the right to fill all positions in the town"; "he usurped my rights"; "She seized control of the throne after her husband died"
	4.	raid - search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator" search - subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"

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raid

verb 1. steal from, break into, plunder, pillage, sack

verb 2. attack, invade, assault, rifle, forage Military fall upon, swoop down upon, reive (dialect)

verb 3. make a search of, search, bust (informal) descend on, make a raid on, make a swoop on

noun 4. attack, invasion, seizure, onset, foray, sortie, incursion, surprise attack, hit-and-run attack, sally, inroad, irruption

noun 5. bust, (informal) swoop, descent, surprise search

Translations

raid [reɪd] n (MIL) → incursión f;

(criminal) → asalto;

(by police) → redada, allanamiento (LAM)

vt → invadir, atacar; asaltar

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raid [reɪd] n (Mil) → raid m;

(criminal) → hold-up m inv;

(by police) → descente f, rafle f

vt → faire un raid sur or un hold-up dans or une descente dans

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raid [reɪd] n (Mil) → Angriff m, Überfall m;

(by police) → Razzia f;

(by criminal) (forcefully) → Überfall m: (secretly) → Einbruch m

vt (Mil) → angreifen, überfallen;

(police) → stürmen;

(criminal) (forcefully) → überfallen: (secretly) → einbrechen in +acc

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raid [reɪd] n (MIL) → incursione f;

(criminal) → rapina;

(by police) → irruzione f

vt → fare un'incursione in; rapinare; fare irruzione in

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raid

n raid [reid]

a sudden, short and usually unexpected attack The enemy made a raid on the docks; The police carried out a raid on the gambling den. strooptog هَجوم سَريع ومُفاجِئ набег útok, přepad raid; razzia der Überfall, die Razzia επιδρομή incursión, ataque (äkk)rünnak, haarang حمله ناگهانی؛ یورش rynnäkkö, ratsia raid הַתקָפָה धावा provala, racija rajtaütés menggerebek rassía raid, incursione, irruzione 急襲 기습, 급습 reidas, antpuolis reids; (pēkšņs) uzbrukums serangan aanval, overval rassia napad, obława assalto raid налёт; облава útok, prepad nenaden napad prepad räd, razzia การจู่โจม baskın, saldırı 襲擊 раптовий напад; рейд اچانک حملہ cuộc đột kích 袭击

v

1 to make a raid on The police raided the gambling club. klopjag doen يقومُ بِغارَةٍ، يُداهِم нападам přepadnout foretage et raid; foretage en razzia eine Razzia machen κάνω επιδρομή, εισβάλλω hacer una redada; atacar por sorpresa haarangut tegema یورش بردن؛ ریختن به محل خاص tehdä yllätyshyökkäys faire une descente dans לִפשוֹט छापा मारना izvršiti raciju rajtaüt menggerebek gera innrás/rassíu (fare un'incursione in) 急襲する 침입하다, 기습[]하다 surengti reidą į iebrukt; uzbrukt menyerang aanvallen, overvallen gjøre en rassia zrobić najazd/obławę/nalot na assaltar a face o razie/o descin­dere совершать налёт, облаву prepadnúť napraviti racijo izvršiti raciju göra en räd (razzia) จู่โจม baskın yapmak 襲擊 робити наліт, облаву چھاپہ مارنا đột kích 袭击

2 to take things from I'm hungry – let's raid the fridge. stroop يَشِنُّ غارَةً извършвам набег vyloupit plyndre überfallen,plündern λεηλατώ (μτφ.) asaltar, atracar tühjendama دستبرد زدن käydä tyhjentämässä faire une razzia לִפשוֹט धावा बोलना opustošiti kifoszt menyerbu taka úr, ræna (saccheggiare) あさる (...을) 뒤지다 nusiaubti pārmeklēt; izkratīt serbu plunderen plyndre, rane zaatakować, ogołocić assaltar a rade tot din опустошать vykradnúť, vyrabovať opleniti opustošiti plundra ปล้น ...- den almak 從...拿東西 спустошувати دھاوا بولنا lục lọi 从...拿东西

n raider

The raiders burned down all the houses. stroper مُغير нападател nájezdník tyv der Plünderer επιδρομέας asaltante; ladrón ründaja مهجم؛ یورش برنده rynnäkköjoukot pillard פּוֹשֵט, תוֹקֵף छापामार napadač, pljačkaš támadó, fosztogató penyerang ræningi razziatore 侵略者 침략자 užpuolikas, antpuolio/reido dalyvis reida/uzbrukuma dalībnieks; sirotājs penyerang overvallen plyndrer, røver najeźdźca assaltante invadator налётчик útočník, zlodej napadalec napadač deltagare i räd, angripare ผู้จู่โจม akıncı, yağmacı 襲擊者 учасник набігу; рейдер چھاپہ مارنے والا người đột kích 袭击者