• Raid

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ɹeɪd/
    • Rhymes: -eɪd

    Origin

    From Scots raid (obsolete after Middle English but revived in the 19th-century by Walter Scott), from Old English rād ( >

    English road).

    Full definition of raid

    Noun

    raid

    (plural raids)
    1. A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
      • Sir Walter ScottMarauding chief! his sole delight
        The moonlight raid, the morning fight.
      • H. SpenserThere are permanent conquests, temporary occupation, and occasional raids.
    2. 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.
      • 2004, April 15, , Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer, For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year.
    3. (online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
    4. (sports) An attacking movement.
      • 2011, October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan, The athletic Walker, one of Tottenham's more effective attacking elements with his raids from right-back, made a timely intervention after Rose had been dispossessed and even Aaron Lennon was needed to provide an interception in the danger zone to foil another attempt by the Russians.

    Synonyms

    Verb

    1. To engage in a raid.
    2. To steal from; pillage
    3. To lure from another; to entice away from
    4. To indulge oneself by taking from

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