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

1. noun. A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
2. 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.
3. transitive verb. To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.
4. noun. an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
5. noun. a sudden short attack

   Synonyms: foray, maraud

6. verb. search for something needed or desired

   "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"

7. verb. enter someone else's territory and take spoils

   "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"

8. verb. take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock

   "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"

9. verb. search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on

   "The police raided the crack house"

   Synonyms: bust

Synonyms

foray, maraud, bust

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in raid:

arid, dari

Common word forms

raids, raided, raider, raiding

Words from these letters

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