Noun They launched a raid against the enemy. Weapons were also seized during the drug raid. They caught five smugglers in the raid. Verb The village was raided often by neighboring tribes. Police raided the house and found drugs. Federal agents raided the warehouse, seizing stolen property and arresting five smugglers. She raided her sister's closet to find something to wear to the party. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
An immigration raid in 2019 caused Hernandez to lose a second job at a Korean grocery store. Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2022 On a national level, Biden and the Democrats are criticizing Republicans who have blasted federal law enforcement, and called for defunding of the FBI, following the Mar-a-Largo raid.al, 4 Sep. 2022 Harpers Ferry witnessed John Brown's infamous 1859 raid that helped ignite the Civil War. Joe Yogerst, CNN, 4 Sep. 2022 When the big raid comes, though, multiple forest defenders have told me, there will be a lot of people who don’t go quietly. Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2022 Republicans want Trump to focus his message on immigration and inflation and crime - and not on the 2020 election or the Mar-a-Lago raid, according to a Republican involved in the talks. Isaac Arnsdorf, Michael Scherer And Josh Dawsey, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Sep. 2022 This week, the Department of Justice released photographs of highly sensitive, top secret documents that were recovered during the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago last month. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 2 Sep. 2022 The Tokyo raid encountered relatively little anti-aircraft resistance from the depleted Japanese military. Bob Carden, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022 Meanwhile, the Biden Justice Department is keeping the news stocked with pieces of the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago. Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022
Verb
With De Jong finally gone, Barca could also raid Manchester City for Bernardo Silva, who is Xavi Hernandez's only remaining target after president Joan Laporta got deals for Raphinha, Lewandowski and Kounde over the line last month. Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022 There's also the tendency of people to raid regular savings for things that don't quite rise to the level of a true emergency. Erik Carter, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022 Mitchell — no relation to Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell — was among a group of 17 young people who won the opportunity to raid the lockers of Jazz players. Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 July 2022 Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff is not operating from a position of power at the moment, so asking him to raid the Big 12 is a non-starter. Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 July 2022 The local pack is too big for any thought of overthrowing the alpha female, but there is another option: raid the bachelor pool.New York Times, 20 June 2022 Police need a judge’s approval to raid a home or business without warning.Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2022 According to recent mobilization order, which some analysts claim to have seen, the Kremin plans to raid its training base. David Axe, Forbes, 28 May 2022 Anybody who needed food was free to raid the fridge, or the cupboard set up beside it. Ruben Vivesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English (Scots) rade, from Old English rād ride, raid — more at road