vverb.socialsearch without warning, make a sudden surprise attack onSynset:bust raid
Examples:- The police raided the crack house
Derivationally Related Form:raid
Hypernyms:assail attack
Inherited Hypernyms:raidattackcontend
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.motionenter someone else's territory and take spoilsSynset:foray into raid
Examples:- The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly
Derivationally Related Form:raider
Hypernyms:encroach upon intrude on invade obtrude upon
Inherited Hypernyms:foray intointrude onenter
Direct Hyponyms:maraud
Full Troponyms:maraud
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | The customs agents --- the bags for drugs (apply to: raid)
vverb.possessiontake over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stockExamples:- T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies
Derivationally Related Form:raiderraid
Hypernyms:arrogate assume seize take over usurp
Inherited Hypernyms:raidassumetake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.contactsearch for something needed or desiredExamples:- Our babysitter raided our refrigerator
Hypernyms:search
Inherited Hypernyms:raidsearchexamine
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.allcharacterized by plundering or pillaging or maraudingSynset:marauding predatory
Examples:- bands of marauding Indians
- predatory warfare
- a raiding party
Antonyms:defensive
Inherited Hypernyms:marauding
Similar to:offensive