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Definition of Razzia
1. n. A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a raid.
Definition of Razzia
1. a pillaging incursion [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Razzia
Literary usage of Razzia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels in Central Africa, and Explorations of the Western Nile Tributaries by John Petherick, Katherine Harriet Edlman Petherick (1869)
"My men must have been in secret preparing for this razzia, as at an early hour
they were ready to start with ..."
2. Sketches of Algeria During the Kabyle War by Hugh Mulleneux Walmsley (1858)
"THE razzia. " COME, Noutin," exclaimed an officer of the 54th, as some half-dozen
of us were squatted Arab-fashion on the floor of one of the Kabyle huts ..."
3. In Morocco with General D'Amade by Reginald Rankin (1908)
"A razzia (FORAY) EARLY in the morning of Sunday, February 9, the French column
left Zaouia Sidi el Mekki, marching in column of route in a south-westerly ..."
4. Through Fanteeland to Coomassie: A Diary of the Ashantee Expedition by Frederick Boyle (1874)
"... Cape Coast Trade—Illness of Sir Garnet —razzia Amongst the Negroes—Incidents
of the Fray—My Cook— Disastrous Triumph—News from Captain Glover—Start for ..."
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