raid
/reɪd/ noun [C]Definition
SOLDIERS › a sudden attack on a place by soldiers: an air raid a dawn raid
POLICE › a sudden visit to a place by police in order to find someone or something: a police raid to recover illegal weapons
STEAL › when people enter a place by force in order to steal from it: a bank raid → See also air raid
(Definition of raid noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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