raid
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noun (C)
1 a short attack on a place by soldiers, planes, or ships, intended to cause damage but not take control
(+ on): a bombing raid on the railway line | cross-border raids | carry out/launch/make a raid: Aircraft are carrying out raids on enemy ships.
2 a sudden visit by the police searching for something illegal: Following this morning's raid, three people have been charged with possessing illegal drugs. | police raid: a police raid on a club | dawn raid (=carried out very early in the morning)
3 an attack by criminals on a bank or similar place: a bank raid
(+ on): raids on post offices in the area | carry out a raid: Armed robbers carried out a raid on the Gateway Bank last night.
4 technical an attempt by a company, to buy enough shares in another company to take control of it
—see also: air raid
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verb (T)
1 if police raid a place, they go there suddenly to search for something illegal: Suspected drug dealers' homes were raided.
2 to make a sudden armed attack on a place: Vikings raided settlements on the east coast. | a raiding party (=group taking part in an attack)
3 to take or steal a lot of things from a place: She raided Jim's cash-box. | Animal-rights activists got in and raided the laboratories. | raid the larder/refrigerator: humorous (=take food from your family's kitchen because you are hungry)
—see also: ramraiding
— raider noun (C)
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