raid
pronunciation
How to pronounce raid in British English:
UK [reɪd]
How to pronounce raid in American English:
US [reɪd]
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- Noun:
- a sudden short attack
- an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
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- Verb:
- search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
- enter someone else's territory and take spoils
- take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock
- search for something needed or desired
Word Origin
- raid
- raid: [15] Raid and road are doublets – that is to say, they have a common ancestor, but have diverged over the centuries. In this case the ancestor was Old English rād ‘riding’, hence ‘hostile incursion on horse-back’, a relative of ride. South of the border this developed to road, and lost its predatory connotations (although they are preserved in inroads), but in Scottish English it became raid. This had more or less died out by the end of the 16th century, but Sir Walter Scott revived it at the beginning of the 19th century, and it has gone from strength to strength ever since.=> ride, road
- raid (n.)
- early 15c., "mounted military expedition," Scottish and northern English form of rade "a riding, journey," from Old English rad "a riding, ride, expedition, journey; raid," (see road). The word died out by 17c., but was revived by Scott ("The Lay of the Last Minstrel," 1805), ("Rob Roy," 1818), with extended sense of "attack, foray."
- raid (v.)
- "take part in a raid," 1785 (implied in raiding), from raid (n.). Related: Raided; raiding. Also see raider.
Example
- 1. The raid has aroused two reactions in the public .
- 2. Most were variations of either a jsoc raid or an airstrike .
- 3. It was clear that a military raid had taken place there .
- 4. Two people had been killed and 15 arrested in the raid .
- 5. Last month an ecuadorean judge charged five colombian generals over the raid .