raid

n.

1. A surprise attack by a small armed force.
2. A sudden forcible entry into a place by police: a raid on a gambling den.
3. An entrance into another's territory for the purpose of seizing goods or valuables.
4. A predatory operation mounted against a competitor, especially an attempt to lure away the personnel or membership of a competing organization.
5. An attempt to seize control of a company, as by acquiring a majority of its stock.
6. An attempt by speculators to drive stock prices down by coordinated selling.

v., raid·ed, raid·ing, raids.

v.tr.
To make a raid on.

v.intr.
To conduct a raid or participate in one.

[Scots, raid on horseback, from Middle English rade, from Old English rād, a riding, road.]

raider raid'er n.

WORD HISTORY   Few soldiers traveling a road to carry out a raid would connect the words road and raid. However, both descend from the same Old English word rād. Old English rād meant "the act of riding" and "the act of riding with a hostile intent; that is, a raid," senses that no longer exist for our word road. The ai in raid represents the standard development in the northern dialects of Old English long a, while the oa in road represents the standard development of Old English long a in the rest of the English dialects. It was left to Sir Walter Scott to revive the Scots form raid with the sense "a military expedition on horseback." The Scots were not the only ones conducting raids, however. We find these words in the Middle English Coventry Leet Book: "aftur a Rode ... made uppon the Scottes at thende of this last somer." While road is not used in this way any more in English, a trace of this usage is still detectable in the compound inroad, literally "a riding or advance on or in."

noun

An act of invading, especially by military forces: foray, incursion, inroad, invasion. See attack/defend, enter/exit.

verb

1. To make a surprise attack on: harry, maraud. See attack/defend.
2. To enter so as to attack, plunder, destroy, or conquer: foray, invade, overrun. See attack/defend, enter/exit.

v

Definition: attack, pillage
Antonyms: aid, assist, guard, help, protect

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n. a rapid surprise attack on an enemy by troops, aircraft, or other armed forces in warfare: a bombing raid.

v.

conduct a raid on: officers raided thirty homes yesterday.

raider n.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

(DOD, NATO) An operation, usually small scale, involving a swift penetration of hostile territory to secure information, confuse the enemy, or to destroy installations. It ends with a planned withdrawal upon completion of the assigned mission.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - angreb, overraskelsesangreb, razzia, overfald, indfald, opkøb (med henblik på virksomhedsovertagelse)
v. tr. - overfalde, angribe, kaste sig over, plyndre, tømme, opkøbe (virksomhed)
v. intr. - foretage en razzia i

abbr. - Retrieval and Information Database, Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks (diske, der fungerer som én logisk enhed)

Nederlands (Dutch)
roofoverval, inval, kleine militaire aanval, poging aandelenprijzen te drukken, het blijven aandringen bij iemand, personeelswerving bij de concurrent, ontvreemding van staatsgelden, overvallen, invallen, plunderen

Français (French)
n. - raid, hold-up, cambriolage, rafle, (Fin) raid (à la Bourse)
v. tr. - faire un raid sur, attaquer (une banque), cambrioler, faire une rafle dans, faire une razzia sur, (Fin) entamer (des réserves)
v. intr. - organiser/participer à un raid

abbr. - (abrév = Redundant Array of Independent (or Inexpensive) Disks), (Comput) Réseau Redondant de Disques Indépendants (pour augmenter la fiabilité de l'enregistrement de l'information)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Einfall, Überfall, (Börse) aggressive Unternehmensaufkäufe, Razzia
v. - eine Razzia machen auf, plündern, überfallen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επιδρομή, καταδρομή, γιουρούσι, έφοδος (της αστυνομίας κ.λπ.), εισβολή
v. - εισβάλλω, λεηλατώ, κάνω έφοδο

Italiano (Italian)
fare irruzione, irruzione, rapina a mano armata, retata

Português (Portuguese)
n. - batida policial (f)
v. - tomar de assalto

Русский (Russian)
совершать налет на, налет, рейд, набег

Español (Spanish)
n. - incursión, ataque, asalto, redada
v. tr. - asaltar, atacar por sorpresa, hacer una redada
v. intr. - tomar parte en un asalto

abbr. - (comp) conjunto excesivo de discos independientes

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - polisrazzia, plundringsräd, kupp
v. - plundra, göra en räd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
廉价冗余磁盘阵列

袭击, 搜捕, 突袭, 侵吞, 对...突然查抄, 劫掠, 发动突然袭击

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
abbr. - 廉價冗餘磁碟陣列

n. - 襲擊, 搜捕, 突襲
v. tr. - 襲擊, 侵吞, 對...突然查抄, 劫掠
v. intr. - 發動突然襲擊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 습격, 침입, 공습
v. tr. - 침입하다, 불시 단속하다
v. intr. - 급습하다

abbr. - redundant array of independent disks(독자적 디스크의 중복 배열)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 不意の侵入, 手入れ, 急襲, 従業員引き抜き, 公金流用, 売り崩し
v. - 功め入る, 急襲する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هجوم, غارة (فعل) يهاجم, يغير على‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פשיטה, הפצצה, התקפה, הסתערות, שוד, מכירה מתואמת של מניות כדי להוריד את שערן, ניסיון לאלץ אדם או דבר לספק משהו‬
v. tr. - ‮פשט על, התקיף, ביצע פשע, שדד‬
v. intr. - ‮השתתף בפשיטה, בשוד או בהסתערות‬
abbr. - ‮מערך עודף של דיסקים עצמאיים להגדלת מהירות הגישה, הקיבולת ובטיחות הנתונים (מחשב)‬

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