raiding party

noun

: a group of people who attack a place or group

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After a German U-boat sinks a Canadian freighter in the early months of World War II, a raiding party comes ashore to secure supplies… only for the U-boat to get sunk in their absence. — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Nov. 2025 The fighting and manhunt continued for two weeks as the North Korean raiding party scattered and retreated northward. — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025 Kim’s raiding party used ​to infiltrate the South Korean capital remained closed to the public​ for security reasons until a few years ago. — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025 The film reportedly opens with the raiding party of the Roman fleet decimating Numidia, after which Lucius is taken prisoner. — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 July 2024 The following year, rumors of an English raiding party camped close to town reached Hawick. — Yannic Rack, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 July 2024 Abducted by a Comanche raiding party from his Central Texas home as an adolescent in 1849, Eli is renamed Tiehteti and becomes one of the tribe. — Chris Vognar, Chron, 28 May 2023

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“Raiding party.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raiding%20party. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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