| VERB | social | raid, bust | search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | raid, foray into | enter someone else's territory and take spoils | |
| possession | raid | take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock | |
| contact | raid | search for something needed or desired | |
| NOUN | act | raid, foray, maraud | a sudden short attack |
| act | raid | an attempt by speculators to defraud investors |
| Sounds | rey'd | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | accolade ... wade / Wade: 90 rhymes with eyd... | |
| Meaning | A sudden short attack. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | foray, maraud | |
| Narrower | air raid, air attack | An attack by armed planes on a surface target |
| swoop | A very rapid raid | |
| Broader | penetration, incursion | An attack that penetrates into enemy territory |
| Spanish | correría, incursión | |
| Catalan | incursió, irrupció, ràtzia | |
| Verbs | raid | search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on |
| Meaning | An attempt by speculators to defraud investors. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation | The fraudulent appropriation of funds or property entrusted to your care but actually owned by someone else |
| Spanish | intento de estafa | |
| Verbs | raid | take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock |
| Meaning | Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The police raided the crack house" | |
| Synonym | bust | |
| Broader | attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on |
| Spanish | atacar por sorpresa | |
| Catalan | fer una batuda, saquejar | |
| Nouns | raid | a sudden short attack |
| Meaning | Enter someone else's territory and take spoils. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | The customs agents raid the bags for drugs | |
| Example | "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly" | |
| Synonym | foray into | |
| Narrower | maraud | raid and rove in search of booty |
| Broader | intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach upon | To intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate |
| Spanish | asaltar | |
| Catalan | envair, fer una batuda | |
| Nouns | raider | someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) |
| Meaning | take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies" | |
| Broader | assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate | seize and take control without authority and possibly with force |
| Nouns | raid | an attempt by speculators to defraud investors |
| raider | a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management | |
| Meaning | search for something needed or desired. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator" | |
| Broader | search | subject to a search |
| Spanish | asaltar | |
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