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noun

Raid n.

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." "There are permanent conquests, temporary occupations, and occasional raids." Note: 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

Raid v. t. (past & past part. raided; pres. part. raiding) To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.

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Etymology of 'Raid'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Raid" Quotes from Famous Books

... tribe would sack the colleges and shrines of another tribe as freely as they would sack any of their other possessions. For instance, the annals tell us that in the year 1100 the men of the south made a raid into Connaught and burned many churches; in 1113 Munster tribe burned many churches in Meath, one of them being full of people; in 1128 the septs of Leitrim and Cavan plundered and slew the retinue of the Bishop of Armagh; in the same ...

— Is Ulster Right? • Anonymous

... heart," he continued, "I do not wish to see the Union broken up, although the violence of New England orators and the raid of John Brown has appalled me. But, Harry, pay good heed to me when I say it is not a mere matter of going out of the Union. It may not be possible for South Carolina and the states that follow ...

— The Guns of Bull Run - A Story of the Civil War's Eve • Joseph A. Altsheler

... their pleasure in the courtyard, went off for a morning canter. At Roldan's suggestion they reconnoitred the hills behind the Mission and got the bearings definitely shaped in their minds; the great raid was to be at night. They returned to a big breakfast at nine o'clock, then rode out again to meet the expected guests. It was but a few moments before they saw several cavalcades approaching from as many different directions. The young men and women, in silken clothes of ...

— The Valiant Runaways • Gertrude Atherton

... sudden raid, the arrangements at Clinch's were quite simple. Two large drain pipes emerged from the kitchen floor beside Smith, and ended in Star Pond. In case of alarm the tub of beer was poured down one pipe; the ...

— The Flaming Jewel • Robert Chambers

... that was on the eve of being committed. The Deputy had been abroad since the unhappy riots of the First of February, and advices from foreign police left no doubt whatever that he had contemplated a preposterous raid of the combined revolutionary clubs of Europe against Italy, timed with almost fiendish imagination to break out on the ...

— The Eternal City • Hall Caine

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