raid
A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
Other meanings
An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property or plundering.
“a police raid of a narcotics factory”
An attacking movement.
Related words
- counterraid
- raidproof
- air raid
- air-raid
- Baedeker raid
- bear raid
- corporate raid
- dawn raid
- panty raid
- ram raid
- ram-raid
- Zoom raid
Word history
From Old English "rād" (a riding, an expedition on horseback, road).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “raid” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.