raid
noun
1. a sudden short attack
Similar word(s): foray, maraud
Definition categories: act, incursion, penetration
2. an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
Definition categories: act, defalcation, embezzlement, misapplication, misappropriation, peculation
verb
1. search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
- The police raided the crack house
Similar word(s): bust
Definition categories: social, assail, attack
2. enter someone else's territory and take spoils
- The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly
Definition categories: motion, invade
3. take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock
- T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies
Definition categories: possession, arrogate, assume, seize, usurp
4. search for something needed or desired
- Our babysitter raided our refrigerator