Quick definitions from WordNet (raid)

▸ noun:  an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
▸ noun:  a sudden short attack
▸ verb:  take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock ("T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies")
▸ verb:  search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on ("The police raided the crack house")
▸ verb:  search for something needed or desired ("Our babysitter raided our refrigerator")
▸ verb:  enter someone else's territory and take spoils ("The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly")
▸ name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #34930)

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