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  • 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.
News & Articles

  • Tax raid tarnishes India's gold industry: association
    By Siddesh Mayenkar MUMBAI (Reuters) - A raid by dozens of tax inspectors on RiddiSiddhi Bullions, one of India's biggest gold traders, this week has tarnished the reputation of an industry worth more ...
    June 15, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Finance
  • Drug raid at T&T Cigar and Food Mart results in arrest
    A drug raid at the T&T Cigar and Food Mart on Warm Spring Rd. reveals the store has allegedly been selling spice.
    June 14, 2013 - WTVM 9 Columbus
  • Raid video in Aiyana's death given a second look
    — Video footage shown during the trial for Detroit Police Officer Joseph Weekley, charged with killing a little girl during a police raid three years ago, was scrutinized a second time by jurors Friday during their first day of deliberations.
    June 14, 2013 - Detroit News
Quotes

  • Bashar Assad in Eurasia Review
    The raid has destroyed any chance for peace in the near future,Assad said. "Mainly because it proved that this government is another pyromaniac government, and you cannot achieve peace with such a government."
  • Ayman al-Zawahri in Reuters.uk
    The Leader of the Opposition, in a press conference that went for 20 minutes today, spent $20 billion - he wants to raid the surplus to the tune of $6 billion - and then he recommitted to a whole set of spending requirements which have been... Wayne Swan http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Swan&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNG7ZxzGqRqSaDCY6sH3TvmioKvQQQ Sydney Morning Herald http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/labor-assault-on-cars-and-alcopops/2008/09/16/1221330837202.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH6rOO-jNyuImEleAK1FuiKg8WOsw Sep 16, 2008 80027 107904 raid You must ambush, mine, raid and (carry out) martryrdom campaigns so that you can wipe them out," said Zawahri, al Qaeda's deputy leader.

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