raid

n

1. attack, assault, onset, onslaught; incursion, invasion, inroad, razzia, irruption; intrusion, encroachment, trespass, (by police) Sl. bust; foray, charge, thrust, sortie, sally; expedition, operation, encounter, offensive, skirmish.

2. sack, sacking, pillage, plundering, rapine, depredation, spoliation, despoliation, despoilment, Obs. direption; ravaging, harrying, marauding, foraging, looting; ravishment, seizure, grab, rape.

v

3. assault, attack, assail, rush, storm; fall upon, set upon, pounce upon, strike at, march upon, swoop down upon, descend upon, (by police) Sl. bust.

4. invade, intrude, encroach, trespass; (usu. of cattle) rustle, Inf. poach, deerjack.

5. plunder, pillage, loot, forage, sack, rifle, ransack, gut, strip; despoil, desolate, devastate, lay waste, wreak havoc upon.