( dawn raids)
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If police officers carry out a dawn raid , they go to someone’s house very early in the morning to search it or arrest them.
Thousands of pounds worth of drugs were seized in dawn raids yesterday.
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If a person or company carries out a dawn raid , they try to buy a large number of a company’s shares at the start of a day’s trading, especially because they want to buy the whole company. ( BUSINESS )
Southern acquired 11.2 per cent of Sweb in a dawn raid on Monday.
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