raiding
adj.
marauding, plundering
raid
v.
attack on, foray into, sudden incursion into
Raiding
raiding
Adjective
1. characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party"
(synonym) marauding, predatory
(similar) offensive
raid
Noun
1. a sudden short attack
(synonym) foray, maraud
(hypernym) penetration, incursion
(hyponym) air raid, air attack
(derivation) bust
2. an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
(hypernym) embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation
Verb
1. search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"
(synonym) bust
(hypernym) attack, assail
(derivation) foray, maraud
2. enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
(synonym) foray into
(hypernym) intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach upon
(hyponym) maraud
(derivation) plunderer, pillager, looter, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter
3. take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
(hypernym) assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
4. search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"
(hypernym) search
Raiding
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Raid
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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