单词 | raiding |
释义 | raidingn. The action of raid v. (in various senses); an instance of this. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > raid > [noun] > action of raiding runningc1325 skeckinga1387 skickinga1400 raiding1785 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > sacking, raiding, or looting > [noun] harryingc900 harrowingc1000 skeckinga1387 pillagea1393 skickinga1400 forayingc1400 hership1487 direption1528 sackc1550 sacking1560 sackage1577 saccaging1585 picory1591 reprisalc1595 boot-haling1598 booty-haling1611 rapture?1611 ravage1611 prize-taking1633 plunder1643 booting1651 hen roost1762 ravagement1766 raiding1785 loot1839 looting1842 1785 W. Hutton Bran New Wark 40 What debateable wark, what rhaading, and watching, and warding..alang the Border Service. 1824 J. Hodgson in Raine Mem. (1858) II. 29 Such a race as figured in it during the border raiding. 1887 Jrnl. Anthropol. Inst. 16 349 It was Chasád raidings that led to the Burma-Manipur expedition. 1909 G. Y. Lagden Basutos II. 450 Raiding was prevalent in the conquered territory. 1939 Times 27 Dec. 10 (caption) The raiding of Helsinki by Russian aircraft. 1977 J. Ramsay Cop it Sweet 41 The raiding of premises taking part in illegal activities. 2001 D. S. Wall Crime & Internet 4 The increasing potential for the raiding of on-line bank accounts as e-banking becomes more popular. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). raidingadj. That raids. ΚΠ 1861 E. A. Duyckinck National Hist. War for Union III. 365/2 A raiding force of about 500 men. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses 45 Jove now circuits heaven and taketh note Of raiding flames. 1919 Daily Mail Year Bk. 46/2 The range of such raiding squadrons..tends to grow constantly from day to day. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) I. xx. 614 Small birds..may have nothing to fear from a raiding falcon. 1989 W. Smith Time to Die 335 The leading troopers of the raiding column emerged from the trees. 2007 Hindustan Times (Nexis) 19 Mar. Tiny grimy bundles containing all their worldly belongings had been set on fire..by a raiding police team. Compounds raiding party n. a small military group taking part in an organized foray into enemy territory, esp. in order to seize prisoners or supplies; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for attack > into enemy territory raiding party1861 1861 E. A. Duyckinck National Hist. War for Union III. xciii. 236 The forced retreat of the rebel raiding party. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Apr. 300/2 When he saw a German raiding-party approaching he forgot in his excitement to take off his safety-catch. 1997 Independent (Nexis) 9 Aug. (Money section) 24 One fund which may have seen the activities of a raiding party is Govett Oriental. 2003 G. F. Nafziger & M. W. Walton Islam at War vi. 81 The raiding party was organized under Abu Zora Tarik. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1785adj.1861 |
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