Noun raid has 2 senses
  1. foray, raid, maraud - a sudden short attack
    --1 is a kind of penetration, incursion
    --1 has particulars: air raid, air attack; swoop
    Derived form: verb raid1
  2. raid - an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
    --2 is a kind of
    embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation
    Derived form: verb raid3
,Verb raid has 4 senses
  1. raid, bust - search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"
    --1 is one way to attack, assail
    Derived form: noun raid1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
  2. foray into, raid - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
    --2 is one way to intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach upon
    Derived form: noun raider1
    Sample sentence:
    The customs agents raid the bags for drugs
  3. raid - take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
    --3 is one way to
    assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
    Derived forms: noun raid2, noun raider2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  4. raid - search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"
    --4 is one way to
    search
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
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