raid
A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
Noun 4 meanings
A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.
“a police raid of a narcotics factory”
An attacking movement.
An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.
Verb 3 meanings
To engage in a raid against.
“The police raided the gambling den.”
To lure from another; to entice away from.
To indulge oneself by taking from.
“I raided the fridge for snacks.”
Etymology
From Scots raid, from Northern Middle English rade, from Old English rād (“a riding, an expedition on horseback, road”), whence also the inherited English road (“way, street”).
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RAID at a glance
RAID has 4 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (R 1 + A 1 + I 1 + D 2) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,161 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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