(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
When soldiers ~ a place, they make a sudden armed attack against it, with the aim of causing damage rather than occupying any of the enemy’s land.
The guerrillas ~ed banks and destroyed a police barracks and an electricity substation.
VERB: V n
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Raid is also a noun.
The rebels attempted a surprise ~ on a military camp...
N-COUNT: oft N on/against n
see also air ~
2.
If the police ~ a building, they enter it suddenly and by force in order to look for dangerous criminals or for evidence of something illegal, such as drugs or weapons.
Fraud squad officers ~ed the firm’s offices.
VERB: V n
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Raid is also a noun.
They were arrested early this morning after a ~ on a house by thirty armed police.
N-COUNT: oft N on n
3.
If someone ~s a building or place, they enter it by force in order to steal something. (BRIT)
A 19-year-old man has been found guilty of ~ing a bank.
VERB: V n
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Raid is also a noun.
...an armed ~ on a small Post Office...
N-COUNT: oft N on n
4.
If you ~ the fridge or the larder, you take food from it to eat instead of a meal or in between meals. (INFORMAL)
She made her way to the kitchen to ~ the fridge.
VERB: V n