raid

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. a sudden short attack (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
foray, maraud
• Derivationally related forms:
maraud (for: maraud), foray (for: foray)
• Hypernyms:
penetration, incursion
• Hyponyms:
air raid, air attack, swoop
2. an attempt by speculators to defraud investors
• Hypernyms:
embezzlement, peculation, defalcation, misapplication, misappropriation

II - verb

1. search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on (Freq. 2)
- The police raided the crack house
• Syn:
bust
• Hypernyms:
attack, assail
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. enter someone else's territory and take spoils (Freq. 2)
- The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly
• Syn:
foray into
• Derivationally related forms:
raider
• Hypernyms:
intrude on, invade, obtrude upon, encroach upon
• Hyponyms:
maraud
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- The customs agents raid the bags for drugs
3. take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock
- T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies
• Derivationally related forms:
raider
• Hypernyms:
assume, usurp, seize, take over, arrogate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. search for something needed or desired
- Our babysitter raided our refrigerator
• Hypernyms:
search
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  foray, maraud, foray into, bust