Dictionary Entry
raid
raid is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 5 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
- 2noun
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.
- 3transitive verb
To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.
- 4noun
an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
- 5noun
a sudden short attack
- 6verb
search for something needed or desired
"Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"
- 7verb
enter someone else's territory and take spoils
"The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
- 8verb
take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock
"T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
- 9verb
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
"The police raided the crack house"
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