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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Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Her comments came after Corey Lewandowski, an adviser at the Department of Homeland Security, suggested earlier in the week the Super Bowl could be a target for immigration raids.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 3 Oct. 2025
Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2025
That includes turning skin into lampshades, something that two inmates alleged to have seen happen but was never proven; when Buchenwald was raided, items made from human skin were found, but the direct connection to Koch could never be established.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Diddy was arrested in September 2024, six months after the raids.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
Her comments came after Corey Lewandowski, an adviser at the Department of Homeland Security, suggested earlier in the week the Super Bowl could be a target for immigration raids.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
Elsewhere during Last Week Tonight, Oliver discussed the prevalence of grassroots pushback toward ICE agents who show up to raid and disturb neighborhoods.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2025
That includes turning skin into lampshades, something that two inmates alleged to have seen happen but was never proven; when Buchenwald was raided, items made from human skin were found, but the direct connection to Koch could never be established.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raid. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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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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