raiding party

noun

: a group of people who attack a place or group

Examples of raiding party in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Jul. 2024.

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