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Definition of RAID

1. Noun. A sudden short attack.

2. Verb. Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on. "The police raided the crack house"

3. Noun. An attempt by speculators to defraud investors.

4. Verb. Enter someone else's territory and take spoils. "The customs agents RAID the bags for drugs "; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"

5. Verb. Take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock. "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"

6. Verb. Search for something needed or desired. "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"

Definition of RAID

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

2. v. t. To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.

Definition of RAID

1. Acronym. (computing) A redundant array of inexpensive disks, or, less frequently restated as a redundant array of independent disks. ¹

2. Noun. A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray. ¹

3. Noun. 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. ¹

4. Noun. (online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy. ¹

5. Noun. (sports) An attacking movement. ¹

6. Verb. To engage in a raid. ¹

7. Verb. To steal from; pillage ¹

8. Verb. To lure from another; to entice away from ¹

9. Verb. To indulge oneself by taking from ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of RAID

1. to make a sudden assault on [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of RAID

ragwort ragworts rah rah-rah rah-rah skirt rah-rah skirts rahed rahing rahs rai

rai stone rai stones raia raiae raias raid raided raider raiders raiding

raids raik raiked raiking raiks rail rail-carriage rail-carriages rail-splitter rail car

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