Raid
WordNet
noun
(1) An attempt by speculators to defraud investors
(2) A sudden short attack
verb
(3) Search for something needed or desired
"Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"
(4) Enter someone else's territory and take spoils
"The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
(5) Take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock
"T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
(6) Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
"The police raided the crack house"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From from ( > English road).
Noun
- A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
- 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.
- A group larger than or consisting of multiple parties in a massively multiplayer online game.