see|RAID
English
Etymology
From Scots #Scots|raid (obsolete after Middle English but revived in the 19th-century by w:Walter Scott|Walter Scott), from Old English rad#Old English|rád ( > English road).

Pronunciation
IPA|/reɪd/
audio|en-us-raid.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|eɪd

Noun
en-noun

1. A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.
2. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury.

Synonyms
italbrac|hostile or predatory incursion: attack, foray, incursion

Verb
en-verb

1. To engage in a raid.
2. To steal from; pillage
3. To lure from another; to entice away from
4. To indulge oneself by taking from

Anagrams
arid

Category:Scots derivations

Scots
Etymology
From (a Northern form of) Old English rad#Old English|rád �riding, road�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/red/

Noun
sco-noun

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