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Verb raid has 4 senses
- raid, bust - search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"
--1 is one way to attack, assail
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- foray into, raid - enter someone else's territory and take spoils; "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
--2 is one way to intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach upon
Sample sentence:
The customs agents raid the bags for drugs
- raid - take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
--3 is one way to assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- raid - search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"
--4 is one way to search
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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