a raid for plunder or slaves, esp one carried out by Moors in North Africa
Word origin
C19: from French, from Arabic ghaziah war
razzia in American English
(ˈræziə)
noun
a plundering raid
Word origin
[1835–45; ‹ F ‹ Ar (Algerian) ghāzya military raid, var. of Ar ghazwah]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: catch-up, cutaway, hybridize, protein, squeegee