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Webster 1913 Edition

(rād)

Noun.

[Icel.

reið

a riding, raid; akin to E.

road

. See

a way.]

A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.

Marauding chief! his sole delight
The moonlight

raid

, the morning fight.

Sir W. Scott.

There are permanent conquests, temporary occupations, and occasional

raids

H. Spenser.

☞ A Scottish word which came into common use in the United States during the Civil War, and was soon extended in its application.

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

as, a

raid

of the police upon a gambling house; a

raid

of contractors on the public treasury.

[Colloq. U. S.]

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Raided

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Raiding

To make a raid upon or into;

as, two regiments

raided

the border counties