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raid

UK/ɹeɪd/ US/ˈreɪd/ common
verb (4) noun (2)

verb

1.

search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on

  • “The police raided the crack house”
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2.

enter someone else''s territory and take spoils

  • “The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly”
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3.

take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock

  • “T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies”
4.

search for something needed or desired

  • “Our babysitter raided our refrigerator”

noun

1.
2.

an attempt by speculators to defraud investors

Origin

From Scots raid, from Northern Middle English rade, from Old English rād (“a riding, an expedition on horseback, road”), whence also the inherited English road (“way, street”). The earlier senses of “a riding, expedition, raid” fell into disuse in Early Modern English, but were revived in the northern form raid by Walter Scott in the early 19th century. The use for a swift police operation appears in the later 19th century and may perhaps have been influenced by French razzia (similar in both original meaning and sound).

Phrases

  • air raid
  • Baedeker raid
  • bear raid
  • caught raiding the cookie jar
  • corporate raid
  • dawn raid
  • panty raid
  • ram raid
  • Zoom raid

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