1
a
: a hostile or predatory incursion
b
: a surprise attack by a small force
2
a
: a brief foray outside one's usual sphere
b
: a sudden invasion by officers of the law
c
: a daring operation against a competitor
d
: the recruiting of personnel (such as faculty, executives, or athletes) from competing organizations
3
: the act of mulcting public money
4
: an attempt by professional operators to depress stock prices by concerted selling
raided; raiding; raids
: to conduct or take part in a raid
: to make a raid on
Examples of raid in a Sentence
Noun
They launched a raid against the enemy.
Weapons were also seized during the drug raid.
They caught five smugglers in the raid.
Verb
The village was raided often by neighboring tribes.
Police raided the house and found drugs.
Federal agents raided the warehouse, seizing stolen property and arresting five smugglers.
She raided her sister's closet to find something to wear to the party.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
Two of the four CIA agents died in a road accident after participating in the raid.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Will Barker, TheWeek, 21 Apr. 2026
Roberson was arrested on May 16, 2024, the same day the FBI raided a home in the 2200 block of West Farragut Avenue in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood .
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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Noun
Fuqua even shot an entire action sequence recreating the infamous 1993 raid on Neverland Ranch, which culminated in police officers strip-searching Jackson and examining his genitals to compare them with Chandler’s description.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 23 Apr. 2026
Two of the four CIA agents died in a road accident after participating in the raid.
—Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
This is part of an ongoing probe first opened in 2025, with the company’s offices raided by the Paris prosecutor’s cybercrime unit in February.
—Will Barker, TheWeek, 21 Apr. 2026
Roberson was arrested on May 16, 2024, the same day the FBI raided a home in the 2200 block of West Farragut Avenue in Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood .
—Todd Feurer, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raid. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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raid
1 of 2 noun
: a sudden attack or invasion
raid
2 of 2 verb
: to make a raid on
raider
noun
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