noun, verb
noun ~ (on sth)
1 a short surprise attack on an enemy by soldiers, ships or aircraft:
They carried out a bombing raid on enemy bases.
seealsoAIRRAID
2 a surprise visit by the police looking for criminals or for illegal goods or drugs:
They were arrested during a dawn raid.
3 an attack on a building, etc. in order to commit a crime:
an armed bank raid
seealsoRAM-RAIDING
verb [VN]
1 (of police) to visit a person or place without warning to look for criminals, illegal goods, drugs, etc:
The house was raided in the early hours.
2 (of soldiers, fighting planes, etc.) to attack a place without warning:
Villages along the border are regularly raided. * a raiding party (= a group of soldiers, etc. that attack a place)
3 to enter a place, usually using force, and steal from it:
Many treasures were lost when the tombs were raided in the last century. * (humorous) I caught him raiding the fridge again (= taking food from it).
