1. Moving around attacking, plundering or pillaging
   "The raiding Vikings terrorized coastal settlements";
   - marauding, predatory

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"

See also: offensive

Type of: arrogate, assail, assume, attack, encroach upon, intrude on, invade, search, seize, take over, usurp

Encyclopedia: Raiding, Austria