raid — OAT · Shobdo

raid

noun

1 the raid on Dieppe:

surprise attack, hit-and-run raid, tip-and-run raid, assault, descent, blitz, incursion, foray, sortie;

sally, inroad, onslaught, onrush, storming, charge, thrust, offensive, invasion;

German blitzkrieg;

Italian razzia.

2 an early morning raid on a bank | :

robbery, burglary, holdup, break-in;

mugging, robbing, pillaging, looting, plunder, plundering, ransacking, sack, sacking, marauding;

informal snatch, smash-and-grab;

British, informal blag;

North American, informal heist, stickup.

3 police discovered stolen ammunition during a raid on the apartment:

swoop, surprise search;

North American, informal bust, takedown.

verb

1 the aim was to raid shipping in Benghazi harbor:

attack, make a raid on, assault, set upon, descend on, swoop on, harass, harry, blitz, make inroads on, assail, storm, rush, charge.

2 they live as outlaws, raiding villages and towns for food and clothing:

plunder, steal from, pillage, loot, rifle, maraud, strip, ransack, sack;

literary despoil;

archaic reave, spoil;

rare depredate, spoliate, forage.

3 they had raided the electrical store next door:

rob, steal from, hold up, break into, make a raid on;

North American, informal stick up.

4 homes and offices in Merseyside were raided by police:

search, make a search of, swoop on, make a raid on;

North American, informal bust.