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1. Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
   "The police raided the crack house";
   - bust [informal]
    
2. Enter someone else's territory and take spoils
   "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly";
   - foray into
    
3. Take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock
   "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
    
4. Search for something needed or desired
   "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"

1. A sudden short attack
   - foray, maraud
    
2. An attempt by speculators to defraud investors

Sounds like: radicals, rad, raid

Derived forms: raiding, raided, raids

Type of: arrogate, assail, assume, attack, defalcation, embezzlement, encroach upon, incursion, intrude on, invade, misapplication, misappropriation, obtrude upon, peculation, penetration, search, seize, take over, usurp

Encyclopedia: Raid