raid1 nounraid2 verb
raidraid1 /reɪd/ ●●○ noun [countable] 
WORD ORIGINraid1
Origin:
1400-1500 Scottish English, Old English rad ‘ride, raid’; ➔ ROADEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Raids are almost a nightly occurrence at this club.
- a surprise raid
- air-raid sirens
- As a teenager, he was involved in a raid against a village of Omaha Indians.
- Detectives managed to catch the gunman who had taken three hostages in a raid on a jeweller's shop.
- He led a commando raid in the desert.
- John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
- NATO bombing raids
- Police have released a photo of a man they believe carried out a raid on a supermarket.
- Seven people were injured in last night's police raid on a house in Brixton, South London.
- Sixty people are thought to have been killed in the raid on the village just west of the capital.
- Some of the most beautiful architecture in the city was destroyed in the air raids.
- The law will limit corporate raids on company pension funds.
- The police accused the woman of planning a huge armed bank raid in Scotland.
- Zavala led a series of raids on marijuana plantations.
- Another favourite pastime was planning raids on the various apartments and cars owned by their friends.
- Harvard Securities organised a surprise raid on the premises of Tudorbury's new sharedealing floor shortly after its inception.
- He used to sleep in the church during air raids so that he could put out the fire bombs.
- The smooth-talking Noye was given a 14-year sentence for laundering cash from the Brinks-Mat raid.
- The United States reacted to the air raids by ordering an aircraft carrier to the gulf.
THESAURUS
noun [countable, uncountable] an act of using weapons against an enemy in a war: · The US was threatening to launch an attack on Iran.· The men had been carrying out rocket attacks on British forces.· Bombs have been falling throughout the night, and the city is still under attack (=being attacked).
noun [countable, uncountable] an occasion when an army enters a country and tries to take control of it: · The Allies began their invasion of Europe.· The threat of foreign invasion is very real.
noun [countable] a short attack on a place by soldiers or planes, intended to cause damage but not take control: · an air raid· NATO warplanes carried out a series of bombing raids on the city.· The village has been the target of frequent raids by rebel groups.
noun [countable] a sudden military attack, especially after a serious disagreement: · Senior Israeli officials warned that they were still considering a military strike.· the possibility of a nuclear strike
noun [countable] a military attack intended to take control of a city, area, or building controlled by an enemy: · The final military assault on Kwangju began at 3 am on May 27.· Hitler launched an all-out assault (=using as many soldiers, weapons, planes etc as possible) on Russia.
noun [countable, uncountable] a sudden attack by people who have been waiting and hiding, especially an attack on a vehicle or people who are travelling somewhere: · Five soldiers were shot in the back and killed in the ambush.· Enemy forces waiting in ambush opened fire on the vehicle.
noun [countable, uncountable] a military attack made in response to an attack by an enemy: · Government forces launched a counterattack against the guerillas.· If they successfully occupied the city, they would need to be capable of defending it against enemy counterattack.
noun [countable] formal a large violent attack by an army: · In 1544 there was a full-scale onslaught on France, in which the English took Boulogne.· The troops were preparing for another onslaught against the enemy.
the crime of stealing money or other things from a bank, shop etc, especially by using threats or violence: · Mobile phones are a common target in street robberies.· Armed robbery is a serious offence.
the crime of stealing something, especially when the person they are stolen from is not present: · Car thefts are on the increase.· Security has been tightened since the theft of a $150,000 oil painting.
the crime of entering a house or other building illegally and stealing things: · Most burglaries occur when a house or apartment is empty.· He was charged with burglary.
an occasion when someone breaks a door or window in order to enter a place and steal things: · The break-in was the eighth on our street this year.· There’s been a break-in at the newsagents.
a violent attack on someone in the street in order to rob them: · There have been a number of muggings outside downtown hotels.
an attack on a bank, shop etc, especially one in which the thieves use weapons: · The gang carried out an armed raid on a post office.
informal a carefully planned robbery of a bank: · The money from the bank job was quickly taken out of the country.
law the crime of stealing something from someone, without using force or threats. This word is used mainly in American English. It is now old-fashioned in British English: · He pleaded guilty in New York to nine counts of grand larceny (=stealing things that are worth a lot of money).· They were suspected of being involved in petty larceny (=stealing things that are not worth a lot of money).
Longman Language Activatora military attack when a military force attacks a place or country, using weapons, aircraft, soldiers etc: · The attack began at dawn.· The caller warned that the attacks will continue until the demands are met.attack on: · missile attacks on civilian targetsnaval/air/artillery/terrorist etc attack: · The city is exposed and vulnerable to air attack.· Eleven people were injured in a rocket attack on Sunday night.launch/mount an attack: · International terrorists have mounted an attack aimed at disrupting the huge tourist industry here.go on the attack (=start to attack someone or something): · To my horror, the soldiers went on the attack, killing men, women and children indiscriminately.
when an army from one country enters another country and tries to control it: · The fear of an invasion by rebels is always present.foreign/military etc invasion: · Some analysts fear that increasing desperation could lead to a military invasion of the country's southern neighbors.· the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
a short quick attack by a group of soldiers, planes, or ships on a place that belongs to an enemy: military/bombing/aerial etc raid: · He led a commando raid in the desert.· a surprise raid · NATO bombing raidsair raid (=one carried out by planes dropping bombs): · Some of the most beautiful architecture in the city was destroyed in the air raids.· air-raid sirensraid on/against: · Sixty people are thought to have been killed in the raid on the village just west of the capital.· John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry· As a teenager, he was involved in a raid against a village of Omaha Indians.
a sudden attack by a group of soldiers who have been hiding and waiting for someone: be killed/shot etc in an ambush: · Six or seven of the passengers were killed in an ambush on the narrowest part of the road.lie/wait in ambush (=wait in order to ambush): · They moved slowly, knowing that in the next clump of trees enemy soldiers might be lying in ambush.
a military attack to take control of a place controlled by the enemy: aerial/military/naval etc assault: · a massive armed assault on the cityassault on/against: · Only a successful assault on the rebels' headquarters could have ended the civil war.
a sudden attack, especially one from the air, using bombs: · The rebels launched a retaliatory strike.air/nuclear/missile etc strike: · The bomb strike took place on a camp near Krek. · nuclear strike capability
a planned attack involving large forces and often taking place over several weeks or months, especially as part of a plan to win a war: military/nuclear/air etc offensive: · The great military offensive had failed, and it seemed victory was escaping them.· The rebel offensive resumed on Thursday, leaving 12 dead and many injured.launch/mount an offensive: · Government troops launched an offensive against UNITA positions in the north. offensive on/against: · The President announced a counter-offensive on the rebels.
the act of attacking a country, especially when that country has not attacked first - used especially in political contexts: · The invasion was condemned as 'blatant aggression' by the British Prime Minister.· The President promised to use all his powers to prevent further aggression.armed/foreign/military etc agression: · another example of communist aggressionaggression against: · As our older generation knows from experience, unchecked aggression against a small nation is a prelude to international disaster.an act of aggression: · Any eastward expansion would be regarded by the government as an act of aggression.
an attempt to find something or someone an attempt to find someone or something, especially when this is well organized and a lot of people are doing it: search for: · Rescuers are continuing their search for survivors of the crash.· Their search for gold took them west to Washington State.carry out a search (=do a search): · FBI agents carried out a search of all the nightclubs in the area.search party (=an organized group of people searching for someone who is lost): · When the men did not return, the commanding officer sent out a search party.house-to-house search (=when every house in an area is searched): · Police are carrying out house-to-house searches in villages near the scene of the murder.
an organized search by a lot of people, especially to find a criminal: · Police have launched a nationwide hunt for the killer.
a sudden visit by the police to a building in order to look for criminals, drugs, stolen goods etc: · Raids are almost a nightly occurrence at this club.raid on: · Seven people were injured in last night's police raid on a house in Brixton, South London.
a search that is a waste of time and effort, either because the thing you are looking for does not exist or you have been given wrong information: · I had a feeling that the trip up to Edinburgh might turn out to be a wild goose chase.send/take somebody on a wild goose chase: · He lied and took us on a wild goose chase to North Yorkshire.
when someone steals something when someone enters a house or other building illegally and steals things: · Call the police -- there's been a burglary.· Most burglaries occur when a house or apartment is empty.
when someone steals money or other things from a bank, shop etc, especially by using threats or violence: · I took part in my first robbery when I was only thirteen years old.· In the first nine months of this year there were 9611 street robberies involving violence.robbery of: · Police claim to have found the gun used in this morning's robbery of a downtown convenience store.bank robbery: · The police are investigating a series of bank robberies.
when someone breaks a door or window in order to enter a place and steal things: · There was a break-in at the college last night -- they took all the computers.
also stick-up American informal when someone goes into a bank or shop with a gun and demands money: · A man was shot dead in a hold-up at a downtown bank.
formal when something is stolen: · If your passport has been stolen, report the theft to your nearest embassy immediately.theft of: · Security has been tightened since the theft of a $150,000 oil painting.car/bicycle etc thefts: · Police believe they have found the man responsible for a series of car thefts in the past year.
a violent attack on someone in the street in order to rob them: · There have been a number of muggings outside downtown hotels recently.
when someone goes into a bank or shop while it is open, and steals money or other things using threats or violence: · The police accused the woman of planning a huge armed bank raid in Scotland.raid on: · Detectives managed to catch the gunman who had taken three hostages in a raid on a jeweller's shop.carry out a raid: · Police have released a photo of a man they believe carried out a raid on a supermarket.
informal a crime that involves stealing: · Her boyfriend was put in prison after a bank job (=theft from a bank).inside job (=done by someone within the organization): · The police are convinced it was an inside job.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYverbs
They were planning bombing raids in some of America’s major cities.
1a short attack on a place by soldiers, planes, or ships, intended to cause damage but not take control: · Pirates often made daring raids on the port.
(=make a raid)· They were encouraged by the French king to carry out raids upon English ships.
(=start a raid)· Rebel forces launched cross-border raids.
· They took part in various raids, including the bombing of Cologne in 1942.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + raid (=when bombs are dropped from planes)· His parents were killed in an air raid.
· Bombing raids had destroyed most of the country's oil refineries.
(=a raid by specially trained soldiers)· There had been two unsuccessful British commando raids.
(=a raid by a small unofficial military group)· From their base in the rainforest they staged guerilla raids on Nicaragua.
(=an attack that takes place at night)· The night raids were almost non-stop.
(=across a border between two countries)· Cross-border raids into Kenya last year caused a serious diplomatic conflict.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES They were planning bombing raids in some of America’s major cities.· The police raided his home and took his computer.
(=a surprise visit made by the police to search for something illegal)· Six people were arrested in a police raid on the bar.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Read in studio Police have released a photofit of a man they believe carried out an armed raid on an estate agents.· This time it was the Leeds building society, again in Oxford, again it was an armed raid.· An armed raid on a hospital was bound to cause an international outcry, particularly if we came out empty-handed.· Jeanne requested an armed raid on the building to rescue the woman, but the group leader wouldn't hear of it.· The armed raid in Gloucester was the second in the county.
· He remembers when schools were schools were closed for fear of catastrophic bombing raids in wartime Edinburgh and classes were spread among private houses.· Targets for R.A.F. bombing raids were pin-pointed.· Occasionally, a bombing raid or a battle does something to reduce the mass, but such incidents are hardly significant.· He had been to Khenj, a village ten miles down the valley, to treat the survivors of a bombing raid.· A group had decided to write about a bombing raid.· Of the Wellingtons and Lancasters which went on hundreds of bombing raids during the war and of the men who never returned.
NOUN· The success of their final run depended on a diversionary air raid.· There were occasional air raids on Calcutta.· The air raids were becoming heavier and more frequent.· Suddenly the sharp, heavy squall of the air raid siren lashed the silence between them.· Communications were no doubt temporarily dislocated: our jam-packed train had been halted during the night owing to an air raid in the region.· During grammar school, I faint every time we have an air raid drill.· A series of air raids resulted in a number of civilian casualties.· One afternoon, after an air raid, one of the students asked me if I knew why the planes came.
· Matthew Chieke was one of those charged with the bank raid, but that case never came to court.· The officer, who carried on to arrest a man suspected of an attempted bank raid, was in hospital yesterday.· It was Morgan's handling of the attempted bank raid a few days earlier in Cardiff which turned the trick.
· The Commando raids, however, had been too unwieldy and had thus lacked the element of surprise.· One evening the conversation turned to commando raids during the war.
· Almost his first action was a post-election dawn raid in July 1983 on departmental budgets.· A dawn raid by about 200 heavily armed law officers bagged more than 30 members and associates of the white-supremacist prison gang.· Read in studio Police have arrested twelve people, including a solicitor's clerk, in dawn raids.· In any other part of the country, police would have apprehended the drug dealers in a series of dawn raids.· The primary purpose of the SARs is to restrict the swift build-up of substantial stakes in a target company by dawn raids.· Seven pistols were discovered under a bed in a dawn raid on a flat.· They also recovered some stolen ammunition during a dawn raid on this flat in Notting Hill.· The dawn raids happened less than a day after a Detective Sergeant was shot with a machine gun in Kent.
· The van was probably going to be used in a ram raid.· Police had given chase after foiling an attempted ram raid in Marlborough.· Male speaker We're bound to consider that it was to be used in a ram raid offence.
VERB· Thousands had died on the battlefields, in rearguard bombing raids and in repressive purges.· In the first instance, he was saved by the fortuitous destruction of his papers in an Allied bombing raid.· His operational flying looked as promising as his civilian flying had, until he went on a night bombing raid over Constantinople.
· In 1985 several of Zero School's students were killed in an air raid.
· For inveterate cattle-lifters it all added up to a convenient no-man's-land across which to launch thieving raids.
· Theuderic, meanwhile, mounted a punitive raid against the Auvergne - ostentatiously avoiding the Burgundian campaign.· It was therefore decided to mount a series of raids on the airfields in the Benghazi area.· Both owners will be represented when Bolger mounts a strong raid on Newmarket this week.
· Time allowed 00:15 Read in studio Police have staged an early morning raid in a bid to crack a stolen car racket.· But my favorite has to be the Animal Liberation Front dorks who staged a daring raid on a mink farm.
· Last year rare species worth half a million pounds pounds have been stolen in raids around the country.· It's not the first time Birdland has been hit by thieves, last year parrots were stolen in a similar raid.· They also left thousands of pounds worth of computer equipment which they had stolen in the raid on the Coulby Newham surgery.
a bombing raid an air raid warning sirenraid on/against The colonel led a successful raid against a rebel base.launch/carry out/stage a raid The army launched several cross-border raids last night. → air raid2a surprise visit made to a place by the police to search for something illegal: a police raid an FBI raidraid on Four people were arrested during a raid on a house in London. a dawn raid (=one made very early in the morning)3an attack by criminals on a building where they believe they can steal money or drugs: a bank raidraid on an armed raid on a shop in Glasgow → ram-raiding4technical an attempt by a company to buy enough shares in another company to take control of itCOLLOCATIONSverbsmake a raid· Pirates often made daring raids on the port.carry out a raid (=make a raid)· They were encouraged by the French king to carry out raids upon English ships.launch a raid (=start a raid)· Rebel forces launched cross-border raids.take part in a raid· They took part in various raids, including the bombing of Cologne in 1942.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + raidan air raid (=when bombs are dropped from planes)· His parents were killed in an air raid.a bombing raid· Bombing raids had destroyed most of the country's oil refineries.a commando raid (=a raid by specially trained soldiers)· There had been two unsuccessful British commando raids.a guerrilla raid (=a raid by a small unofficial military group)· From their base in the rainforest they staged guerilla raids on Nicaragua.a night raid (=an attack that takes place at night)· The night raids were almost non-stop.a cross-border raid (=across a border between two countries)· Cross-border raids into Kenya last year caused a serious diplomatic conflict.raid1 nounraid2 verb
raidraid2 ●●○ verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
raid
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | raid |
| he, she, it | raids | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | raided |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have raided |
| he, she, it | has raided | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had raided |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will raid |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have raided |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am raiding |
| he, she, it | is raiding | |
| you, we, they | are raiding | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was raiding |
| you, we, they | were raiding | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been raiding |
| he, she, it | has been raiding | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been raiding |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be raiding |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been raiding |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Again, the tribe had raided a neighbouring village, inflicting many casualties.
- In 1943, allied bombers repeatedly raided Hamburg.
- Police raided a pirate video factory in Glendale.
- Police officers raided a house in North London last night, and found substantial quantities of illegal drugs.
- The Casino nightclub has been closed since it was raided last month.
- The rebels raided the tiny mountain town early on Tuesday.
- Thieves raided an Italian villa that housed a number of valuable paintings.
- A little later, when bankers tried to become retailers of financial services, they raided consumer-goods marketeers.
- At the worst possible moment a brigand named Babbitt raided the shore of Philadelphia from a commandeered ship.
- But before that they used to raid.
- In the months that followed, security agents raided the houses of writers and broke up meetings.
- Police raided its founding conference at a Casablanca hotel, where 40 people were arrested and cautioned.
- Sadie would raid the bins for scraps when she could - perhaps her diet of rabbits needed to be supplemented.
- Warriors now know nothing of war and cattle raiding.
Longman Language Activatorto attack a place or country
to attack a place or country using weapons, aircraft, soldiers etc: · On 25 April, British and Australian troops attacked the enemy at Gallipoli.· The village had been attacked by enemy warplanes.· The special unit attacked at dawn, inflicting heavy losses.· General Powell consulted with the President before giving the order to attack.
if a country's army invades another country, it enters it and tries to control it: · Enemy forces were almost certainly preparing to invade.· Sicily was invaded by the Normans, and later by the Saracens.· In his latest film, super-intelligent aliens invade Earth and try to take over.
if a group of soldiers raids a place or town belonging to an enemy, they attack it suddenly and without any warning and cause a lot of damage in a short time: · The rebels raided the tiny mountain town early on Tuesday.· Again, the tribe had raided a neighbouring village, inflicting many casualties.
also launch an invasion/mount an invasion to start to attack an enemy's army, country, or property, in a planned way: · A fresh attack was mounted on the last remaining rebels.· The Huns, normally a peaceful race, launched an invasion into Europe via the Caspian Steppes.
to suddenly attack a city or building that is well-defended by getting inside it and taking control: · Heavily armed and masked gunmen stormed an ammunitions store in Co. Mayo.· an attempt by government forces to storm the hijacked airplane
to surround a city or building with soldiers in order to stop the people inside from getting out or from receiving supplies such as food and water: · The capital has been besieged by the opposition militia for two months now.· Federal agents besieged the compound in Waco in 1993.
to search a place to try to find someone or something · At the site, rescue workers have been searching systematically in the hope of finding more survivors.search a place/area etc · Police have searched the area near his home, but have so far found nothing.search (a place) for · Local people are still searching woods near the victim's home for any clues to help find her killer.
to search an area very carefully and thoroughly, looking for something that is very important: scour a place for: · A team of detectives is scouring the area for the murder weapon.· Developers are scouring the country for possible sites for these new superstores.
to thoroughly examine a large area in great detail, especially by moving across it, looking for something or someone that is difficult to find: · Police and volunteers are combing the countryside in the hope of finding the missing boy.· Rescuers combed the hillsides but found no trace of the missing climbers.comb a place for: · The children combed the shoreline for shells.
to search for something in a river, lake etc by pulling a heavy net along the bottom: · The murder weapon, a kitchen knife, was found when police dragged a nearby pond.
to search a room, house, cupboard etc very thoroughly and roughly in order to find things or steal things, usually causing a lot of untidiness or damage: · Thieves broke in and ransacked the house.· The newspaper's offices were ransacked by members of the secret police.
if the police raid a place, they arrive there suddenly to look for criminals, drugs, or stolen goods: · The Casino nightclub has been closed since it was raided last month.· Police officers raided a house in North London last night, and found substantial quantities of illegal drugs.
to search a house, a room etc very thoroughly, often making it very untidy: · We turned all the cupboards inside out but couldn't find the letters.· I turned the house upside down looking for my birth certificate.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY They were planning bombing raids in some of America’s major cities.
1if police raid a place, they make a surprise visit to search for something illegal: (=a group taking part in an attack)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES They were planning bombing raids in some of America’s major cities.· The police raided his home and took his computer.
(=a surprise visit made by the police to search for something illegal)· Six people were arrested in a police raid on the bar.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Two robbers raided their home in the Chisamba region and shot the couple.· For the 87 year old, it was the second time thieves have raided her home.· In December 1996 investigators raided his home outside Munich.· But they were staggered by the size of the haul when officers raided 30 homes yesterday.· When officers raided his home, they found 11 gold bars in his lounge.· Eight policemen and welfare workers had raided their home - even searching dustbins for Alex.· They raided his home on January 7 and seized a nine-page list detailing 272 titles called Editman's Horror List.
· Burglars strike: Intruders raided a house in Northallerton.· In the months that followed, security agents raided the houses of writers and broke up meetings.· The case was adjourned for reports Hens raid: Thieves raided a hen house in Ripon.· Investigators raid a house looking for missing gold coins and platinum bars.· Early morning swoop ... police raid a house in Kirkdale today.· Every so often, the police would raid a house or bar, but who was arrested?· Two days later, the Army raided a house in the Lower Falls where they found a collection of arms.· Armed police raided her house early on Wednesday.
· The police would raid our flats.· Every so often, the police would raid a house or bar, but who was arrested?· Early morning swoop ... police raid a house in Kirkdale today.· The police raided the Congress party headquarters in Bombay where salt was being made in pans on the roof.· The crack troops' annual knees-up became so rowdy, police were forced to raid it.· Armed police raided her house early on Wednesday.· The police raided the sewers and the network of passages underneath the capital and brought the children to the surface.
Police found weapons when they raided his home.2to make a sudden military attack on a place: air bases on the mainland from which the island could be raidedraiding party (=a group taking part in an attack)3to go into a place and steal things: The gang raided three homes in the area.4to go to a place that has supplies of food or drink and take some because you are hungry: Peter went into the kitchen to raid the fridge.