1
a
: a hostile or predatory incursion
b
: a surprise attack by a small force
2
a
: a brief foray outside one's usual sphere
b
: a sudden invasion by officers of the law
c
: a daring operation against a competitor
d
: the recruiting of personnel (such as faculty, executives, or athletes) from competing organizations
3
: the act of mulcting public money
4
: an attempt by professional operators to depress stock prices by concerted selling
raided; raiding; raids
: to conduct or take part in a raid
: to make a raid on
Synonyms
Examples of raid in a Sentence
Noun
They launched a raid against the enemy.
Weapons were also seized during the drug raid.
They caught five smugglers in the raid.
Verb
The village was raided often by neighboring tribes.
Police raided the house and found drugs.
Federal agents raided the warehouse, seizing stolen property and arresting five smugglers.
She raided her sister's closet to find something to wear to the party.
Recent Examples on the Web
The Editors, National Review, 6 June 2024
In that initiative, federal agents and law enforcement officers used military techniques such as sweeps, raids and surveillance checkpoints — as well as a blunt form of racial profiling — to round up undocumented workers and load them onto buses and boats.
—Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 3 June 2024
Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 27 May 2024
Israeli forces raided a major hospital in northern Gaza, forcing patients and staff to evacuate.
—Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 23 May 2024
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Noun
In 1942, the bold amphibious raid on the French port of Dieppe, 100 miles up the coast from the Normandy invasion beaches, put a division of Canadian infantry and a regiment of tanks onto the European continent.
—The Editors, National Review, 6 June 2024
In that initiative, federal agents and law enforcement officers used military techniques such as sweeps, raids and surveillance checkpoints — as well as a blunt form of racial profiling — to round up undocumented workers and load them onto buses and boats.
—Jazmine Ulloa, New York Times, 3 June 2024
Verb
Robert Costello, Former Legal Adviser to Michael Cohen Costello, then a close associate of Rudy Giuliani, told jurors about his meetings and phone calls with Cohen in 2018 after FBI agents raided Cohen's office and hotel room seeking evidence in the Stormy Daniels case.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 27 May 2024
Israeli forces raided a major hospital in northern Gaza, forcing patients and staff to evacuate.
—Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 23 May 2024
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“Raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raid. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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raid
1 of 2 noun
: a sudden attack or invasion
raid
2 of 2 verb
: to make a raid on
raider
noun
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