English

Noun

raid ‎(plural raids)

1. (military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle
   • Sir Walter Scott

     Marauding chief! his sole delight / The moonlight raid, the morning fight.

   • H. Spenser

     There are permanent conquests, temporary occupation, and occasional raids.

2. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering

   a police raid of a narcotics factory

   a raid of contractors on the public treasury

   • 2004 April 15, “Morning swoop in hunt for Jodi's killer”, in The Scotsman:

     For Lothian and Borders Police, the early-morning raid had come at the end one of biggest investigations carried out by the force, which had originally presented a dossier of evidence on the murder of Jodi Jones to the Edinburgh procurator-fiscal, William Gallagher, on 25 November last year.

3. (online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
4. (sports) An attacking movement.
   • 2011 October 20, Jamie Lillywhite, “Tottenham 1 - 0 Rubin Kazan”, in BBC Sport:

     The athletic Walker, one of Tottenham's more effective attacking elements with his raids from right-back, made a timely intervention after Rose had been dispossessed and even Aaron Lennon was needed to provide an interception in the danger zone to foil another attempt by the Russians.

Synonyms

• (hostile or predatory invasion): attack, foray, incursion
• (attack or invasion for making arrests, seizing property, or plundering): irruption

Translations

Verb

raid ‎(third-person singular simple present raids, present participle raiding, simple past and past participle raided)

1. To engage in a raid.

   The police raided the gambling den.

   The soldiers raided the village and burned it down.

2. To steal from; pillage

   Penniless and desperate, she raided the contents of his purse.

3. To lure from another; to entice away from
4. (archaic) To indulge oneself by taking from

Translations

Anagrams

• arid, Dari, riad

French

Etymology

From English raid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛd/

Noun

raid m ‎(plural raids)

1. (military) raid

Anagrams

• dira, rida

Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

raid m ‎(invariable)

1. raid, incursion
2. long-distance race or rally

Anagrams

• ardi, ardì, dari, dirà, radi, rida, ridà

Scots

Etymology

From (a Northern form of) Old English rād ‎(“riding, road”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /red/

Noun

raid ‎(plural raids)

1. raid

Spanish

Noun

raid m ‎(plural raids)

1. raid (military)
2. attempt
3. long-distance race