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‖ razzia|ˈræzɪə|
[a. F. razzia, ad. Algerian Arab. ghāzīah, var. Arab. ghazwah, ghazāh war, battle, military expedition, raid against infidels, f. ghasw to make war. Cf. Pg. gazia, gaziva, from the same source.
The initial r of the French form represents a pron. of the Ar. {ayindotab} approaching to a guttural r (ghr), also indicated in the form ghrazzie formerly used by some English writers:—1821 Capt. Lyon Trav. N. Africa vi. 262 None but the Bedouins appear to approve of these ghrazzies.1826Denham Trav. 75 These people could lead 3000 men into action, for his ghrazzie was to consist of that number.
Some Dicts. give the pron. as |ˈrætsɪə| on the analogy of Italian words of similar form.]
a. A hostile incursion, foray or raid, for purposes of conquest, plunder, capture of slaves, etc., orig. as practised by the Muslim peoples in Africa; also transf. of similar raids by other nations.
1845Athenæum 8 Feb. 144 If half those seized survive the atrocities of the razzia and the march, it is considered an excellent speculation. 1861J. G. Sheppard Fall Rome ix. 515 The wars of Charlemagne..were something very different from the freebooting razzias of his Merovingian predecessors.
b. fig. = raid 2 c.
1855Poultry Chron. 4 Apr. 98/1 The owners of manors..carried out a ‘razzia’ on the enemy's territory of Leadenhall market. 1859Green Lett. (1901) 29 One of our maids has been making a razzia in my study. 1865Merivale Rom. Emp. VIII. lxiii. 25 He executed what..we might call a razzia upon the remnant of the culprits. 1965C. D. Eby Siege of Alcázar (1966) v. 100 Small bands had been stealing out of the fortress at night to scavenge in the houses near by. The purpose of these razzias was to bring back food for the infirmary.
So ˈrazzia v. intr., to maraud.
1846R. Ford Gatherings from Spain iv. 34 The object of these border guerrilla-warfares was..to ‘harry’, to ‘razzia’. |