Raid Definition
rād
raided, raiding, raids
noun
raids
A sudden, hostile attack, esp. by troops, military aircraft, etc., or by armed, usually mounted, bandits intent on looting.
Webster's New World
Any act or instance of entering to remove or capture something.
A midnight raid on a refrigerator.
Webster's New World
Any sudden invasion of a place, as by police, for discovering and dealing with violations of the law.
Webster's New World
An entrance into another's territory for the purpose of seizing goods or valuables.
American Heritage
An attempt, as by a business concern, to lure employees from a competitor.
Webster's New World
verb
raided, raiding, raids
To make a raid or raids (on)
Webster's New World
To conduct a raid or participate in one.
American Heritage
To indulge oneself by taking from.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
abbreviation
(computing) A redundant array of inexpensive disks, or, less frequently restated as a redundant array of independent disks.
Wiktionary
Origin of Raid
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From Scots raid (obsolete after Middle English but revived in the 19th-century by Walter Scott), from Old English rād (> English road).
From Wiktionary
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Scots raid on horseback from Middle English rade from Old English rād a riding, road reidh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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