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 rÄd ( >
English road).
Full definition of raid
Noun
raid
(plural raids)- 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.
- 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.
- (online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
- (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.