to raid
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3.4
- verb
- /reɪd/
:
saquear
- After the party ended, we decided to raid the snack cupboard for leftover treats.
- raid a village
- raid a ship
- raid a neighbor
But instead they raided the funds and they blew the money.
- But instead they raided the funds and they blew the money.
- They farm, they fish and they, and they raid, they raid the Crimean Hanat, which we're going to talk about.
- And we build our Intel and stuff like that from the homes that we raid and build more packages and stuff that way.
- And we like went in and like raided their huge butts.
Examples
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I need to go further this time, old industrial sites, maybe raid a warehouse or two.
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So obviously you can tell we are definitely in an urban area and now we're about to raid this area for some fish.
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What happens when we raid this list of yours and find nothing?
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No, you may not raid my closet.
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And we build our Intel and stuff like that from the homes that we raid and build more packages and stuff that way.
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And then we raid the junkyard and make a bunch of robot costumes.
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She came with the bandits to raid our village.
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Smith expects that protesters will try to raid Shell's ships in the OCS this summer.
Academic text (2012) -
But the U.S. could not keep Britain from blockading and raiding towns along its Atlantic coast.
Fiction book (1999) -
If anybody came in, we'd say we were just raiding the cookie bin.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
696
1.2
To take property illegally from other people using force or threats
320
6.1
To enter a place suddenly to arrest people
17
6.0
To enter a new place to try to take something or reach a goal
15
5.0
To enter a building without permission to steal things
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7.5
To steal valuable things from a building, usually by breaking in
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5.0
To enter a building illegally to steal things
To make a short sudden attack to steal things from a place
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Etymology
The verb raid comes from an old word like ride, which meant 'to ride'. Raiders would ride into villages to take goods quickly, so to raid can mean to enter somewhere and steal things fast.