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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Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Besides this raid, he's also heard about the possibility of National Guard troops deploying here, something a federal court has put on hold for now.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Protests over immigration actions escalate into clashes Children and adults were pulled from their homes as federal agents raided an apartment complex in Chicago last month, arresting 37 undocumented immigrants in another recent, large-scale raid.
—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
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Noun
These factions do not hold stable territory, but their sporadic resistance — from raids to armed standoffs — signals the first cracks in Hamas’s grip.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Besides this raid, he's also heard about the possibility of National Guard troops deploying here, something a federal court has put on hold for now.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
In that same security compound, Kamal al-Hassan, another high-ranking former official, also raided his office headquarters.
—Danny Makki, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Protests over immigration actions escalate into clashes Children and adults were pulled from their homes as federal agents raided an apartment complex in Chicago last month, arresting 37 undocumented immigrants in another recent, large-scale raid.
—Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Raid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/raid. Accessed 20 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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