raid

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.5 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 3 Italian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 4 Scots 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Scots raid (obsolete after Middle English but revived in the 19th-century by Walter Scott), from Old English rād ( > English road).

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• IPA: /ɹeɪd/
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• Rhymes: -eɪd

[edit] Noun

raid (plural raids)

1. A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
2. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury.
3. (online gaming) A group larger than or consisting of multiple parties in a massively multiplayer online game.

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• (hostile or predatory incursion): attack, foray, incursion

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to raid (third-person singular simple present raids, present participle raiding, simple past and past participle raided)

1. To engage in a raid.
2. To steal from; pillage
3. To lure from another; to entice away from
4. To indulge oneself by taking from

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• arid

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From English raid.

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• IPA: /ʁɛd/

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raid m. (plural raids)

1. (military) raid

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[edit] Italian

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English

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raid m. inv.

1. raid

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[edit] Scots

[edit] Etymology

From (a Northern form of) Old English rād (“‘riding, road’”).

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• IPA: /red/

[edit] Noun

raid (plural raids)

1. raid