An entrance into another's territory for the purpose of seizing goods or valuables, A predatory operation mounted against a competitor, especially an attempt to lure away the personnel or membership of a competing organization, Hence A sudden onset in general; an irruption for or as if for assault or seizure; a descent made in an unexpected or undesired manner_ as, a police raid upon a gambling-house, verb_ 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, transitive verb_ To make a raid upon or into, intransitive verb_ To conduct a raid or participate in one, To make a raid on