raid
rayd
- n a sudden short attack
- n an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
- v search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
The police raided the crack house - v enter someone else's territory and take spoils
The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly - v take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock
T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies - v search for something needed or desired
Our babysitter raided our refrigerator
- But there is a real risk that the move may have the same unintended consequence of the raid 38 years ago: pushing Lebanon further into a spiral of internal strife and even a .
- Noordin Muhammed Top, a regional terrorism mastermind who eluded capture for nine years and is blamed for a string of deadly attacks in Indonesia, was killed during a raid in .
- Hearings for a farmer hero The witness had admittedly taken the law into his own hands and led a daring raid on court-protected property.