Synonyms of raiding

raiding 1 of 2

noun

as in looting

Related Words

• looting
• plundering
• robbery
• pillaging
• marauding
• depredation
• plunder
• despoliation
• piracy
• sacking
• pirating
• despoilment
• privateering

raiding

2 of 2

verb

present participle of raid

1

as in invading

to enter for conquest or plunder

a fox has been raiding the chicken coop, and now we're down to eight hens

Synonyms & Similar Words

• invading
• ravaging
• attacking
• dominating
• conquering
• occupying
• overrunning
• plundering
• looting
• pillaging
• ransacking
• marauding
• sacking
• stripping
• overcoming
• storming
• fighting
• subjugating
• assaulting
• encroaching
• subduing
• despoiling
• foraying (into)
• vanquishing
• subjecting
• combating
• besieging
• harassing
• assailing
• rushing
• overpowering
• blockading
• battling
• crushing
• overwhelming
• trespassing
• infringing
• besetting
• clashing (with)
• garrisoning
• charging
• warring (with)
• striking
• beleaguering
• investing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• defending
• guarding
• safeguarding
• shielding
• opposing
• resisting
• withstanding
• warding
• repelling
• yielding (to)
• submitting (to)
• defying
• surrendering (to)
• succumbing (to)
• ceding (to)
• capitulating (to)

2

as in attacking

to take sudden, violent action against

the enemy tribe raided the village just before dawn, taking everyone by surprise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacking
• assaulting
• storming
• robbing
• ambushing
• striking
• charging
• invading
• swarming
• rushing
• assailing
• turning (on)
• descending (on or upon)
• flying at
• bushwhacking
• trashing
• siccing
• jumping (on)
• setting on
• going in (on)
• besetting
• setting at
• tearing into
• setting upon
• pouncing (on or upon)
• pitching into
• going at
• beating up on
• sacking
• plundering
• looting
• besieging
• flanking
• bombing
• rounding on
• waylaying
• mobbing
• lighting into
• pillaging
• nuking
• surprising
• mugging
• blitzing
• ravaging
• bombarding
• bum-rushing
• battering
• ganging up (on)
• cannoning
• beleaguering
• harrying
• buffeting
• cannonading
• barraging
• overrunning
• banging away (at)
• ambuscading
• plastering
• enveloping
• pressing
• foraying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• securing
• covering
• defending
• guarding
• shielding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of raiding

Verb

College sports’ current arms race of money, along with unrestricted transfers, is threatening to shut out rising challengers like UConn football, with rich teams now dangling lucrative offers and raiding talent like never before. — U.s. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026

Check it out… ‘Ruthless Podcast’ dives into Swalwell’s Fang Fang scandal and the FBI raiding his home. — FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Police won’t be raiding movie theaters or restaurants in search of juveniles, according to CMPD. — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 11 Aug. 2026

In September of 2022, Spanish police arrested an Irishman suspected of laundering money for the Kinahan organization after raiding a property in Malaga on the Costa del Sol. — ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026

Nearly 35 bodies and more than 100 sets of ashes were found by police raiding Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull in March 2024. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026

As soon as movies could tell stories, their makers started raiding literary classics for material. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026

Ever since, the couple have been through it all, from winter storms that dumped many inches of snow to ravens raiding their nest and eating their eggs. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 31 July 2026

New York State officials seized and killed P’Nut, the internet-famous squirrel, and Fred the raccoon after raiding a private home. — Vanessa Shakib, Oc Register, 23 July 2026