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as in invaded
to enter for conquest or plunder
a fox has been raiding the chicken coop, and now we're down to eight hens
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as in attacked
to take sudden, violent action against
the enemy tribe raided the village just before dawn, taking everyone by surprise
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Recent Examples of raided
Kerr’s home in Florida was raided by the FBI on the same day.
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Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Emilee Hackney is an eighth-generation Appalachian who grew up in the coalfields of southwest Virginia in a family so impoverished her parents occasionally raided her and her brother’s piggy banks to pay the mortgage and buy groceries.
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Suzanne Van Atten,
AJC.com,
28 June 2026
Last month, police raided the teen’s home on Creekside Drive, seizing $1,300 in cash and a box containing packages of edible cannabis products, which were similar to what the girl allegedly ingested, authorities said.
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Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
Police raided two vape shops in Norwalk this week and arrested the clerks at each one after allegedly finding that the shops were illegally selling marijuana products.
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Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
That was only a month after hundreds of federal agents raided Hyundai’s Metaplant in Georgia.
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Joel Feder,
The Drive,
25 June 2026
Chait's new role comes after former superintendent Alberto Carvalho announced his resignation several months after the FBI raided his San Pedro home and district headquarters in downtown.
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Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
People all over Kansas City raided their closets on Thursday, searching for anything that would fit with the Netherlands’ Orange Walk.
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
According to the Créteil prosecutor’s office, criminal investigators raided a home in the Paris suburb on June 15, expecting to find a cache of drugs.
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Séraphine Roger,
Vanity Fair,
21 June 2026
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2026
Emilee Hackney is an eighth-generation Appalachian who grew up in the coalfields of southwest Virginia in a family so impoverished her parents occasionally raided her and her brother’s piggy banks to pay the mortgage and buy groceries.
—
Suzanne Van Atten,
AJC.com,
28 June 2026
Last month, police raided the teen’s home on Creekside Drive, seizing $1,300 in cash and a box containing packages of edible cannabis products, which were similar to what the girl allegedly ingested, authorities said.
—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
Police raided two vape shops in Norwalk this week and arrested the clerks at each one after allegedly finding that the shops were illegally selling marijuana products.
—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
25 June 2026
That was only a month after hundreds of federal agents raided Hyundai’s Metaplant in Georgia.
—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
25 June 2026
Chait's new role comes after former superintendent Alberto Carvalho announced his resignation several months after the FBI raided his San Pedro home and district headquarters in downtown.
—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
People all over Kansas City raided their closets on Thursday, searching for anything that would fit with the Netherlands’ Orange Walk.
—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
According to the Créteil prosecutor’s office, criminal investigators raided a home in the Paris suburb on June 15, expecting to find a cache of drugs.
—
Séraphine Roger,
Vanity Fair,
21 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for raided
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Ukraine prompts the return of sketches One year almost to the day after the COVID Diary ended, Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Upon their return, most ended up in countries that were invaded and subdued by the German army.
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Daga, Berto, Angel, Bronco Nima and Karmen Petrovic attacked El Grande Americano and took off their jackets to reveal their Los Perros del Mal T-shirts.
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The prosecution said the two activists had incited a mob that subsequently attacked a security vehicle, seized the soldier and beat him to death with sticks and bricks.
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When Daemon stormed into his dining room to seize Harrenhal under Rhaenyra’s name, Ser Simon was super polite about the whole thing.
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The Young Lords, a group of Puerto Rican activists, stormed and occupied the Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, New York, for 12 hours.
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Louis rips his spine out, dislocates his jaw, and reads Claudia’s diary entries about how she was repeatedly assaulted by him.
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Two officers were assaulted during this time.
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Satellite photos showed the destruction in Venezuela left by two powerful earthquakes that struck Wednesday and left more than 900 people dead.
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Days after twin earthquakes struck Venezuela, rescuers continue their search for survivors in the debris.
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“Raided.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raided. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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