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swoop verb
/swuːp/ v [I] Definition
•
to move very quickly and easily through the air, especially down from a height in order to attackThe eagle swooped down to snatch a young rabbit.
•
informal to make a sudden attack on a place or group of people in order to surround and catch themUndercover police swooped on three houses in Bristol at 5 a.m. this morning.
swoop noun
n [C] (Definition of swoop verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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