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1. Characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
   "a raiding party"
   - marauding, predatory

1. Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
   "The police raided the crack house"
   - bust
    
2. Enter someone else's territory and take spoils
   "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
   - foray into
    
3. Take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock
   "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
    
4. Search for something needed or desired
   "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"

See also: offensive, raider

Type of: arrogate, assail, assume, attack, encroach upon, intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, search, seize, take over, usurp

Encyclopedia: Raid