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

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

These are not jam band casualties raiding Home Depot for chemicals. — Charles Moss, SPIN, 16 July 2026