as in looting
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as in invading
to enter for conquest or plunder
a fox has been raiding the chicken coop, and now we're down to eight hens
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as in attacking
to take sudden, violent action against
the enemy tribe raided the village just before dawn, taking everyone by surprise
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Recent Examples of raiding
Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
The biggest compliment is that teams are raiding Brentford.
—Liam Tharme, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Kevin Costner stars as the Mariner, a nomad with a boat and a talent for defending himself against the gangs that travel the seas, raiding local communities.
—Lia Beck, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
Police released video on social media showing officers raiding an unknown location, searching a vehicle and collecting evidence.
—CBS News, 10 Dec. 2025
McLaughlin stressed that the agency is not invading or raiding classrooms, and shared a DHS memo outlining the department's approach with ABC News.
—Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2025
Such defensive settlements became the norm in areas vulnerable to slave-raiding, with individual houses and collective habitations undergoing significant transformations.
—Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
While coaches are cashing in at the expense of Penn State, Virginia Tech head coach James Franklin was busy raiding nearby recruits.
—Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Good taste must be genetic, because these celebrity daughters can't stop raiding their stylish moms' closets.
—Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
People were raiding stores and so forth.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for raiding
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Everyone wanted to return home soon, to take refuge, amid fears of possible looting that failed to materialize.—
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For instance, before the signing of the ceasefire agreement, there was lots of looting of humanitarian aid, and these looters were backed up.—
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So what’s the point of invading Venezuela?—
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Her father was detained by invading forces during the Bay of Pigs.—
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Obstructing, impeding, or attacking federal law enforcement is a federal crime.—
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What now is the difference between the United States attacking Venezuela in order to install new leadership and Russia invading Ukraine to effect annexation and leadership change?—
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It was revealed during that trial that Low's plundering of the 1MDB sovereign wealth fund exceeded $4 billion.—
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Aron Solomon on how the Meta AI copyright decision made libraries sitting ducks for AI plundering.—
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The suspect was later federally charged with assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.—
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She was charged with assaulting a federal officer, but federal prosecutors later dismissed the case after security camera video and body camera footage emerged showing a Border Patrol agent steering his vehicle into Martinez’s truck.—
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He was charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and possession of a firearm by a felon, police said.—
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Investigators quickly linked him to two similar crimes — a $2,500 robbery of Bank of America on the 1400 block of Stockton Street, and an attempt at BMO Bank on Columbus Avenue, authorities said.—
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Really storming winds were coming, and during the whole shooting, this stormy wind never stops.—
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But the Bills have won three straight road games, pummeling the Pittsburgh Steelers, storming back to beat the New England Patriots and holding on against the Cleveland Browns.—
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Amid the pillaging of homes, Roman magistrates were likely sent to the city to prevent an anarchic type of existence, based on ancient literary sources the authors referenced in the study.—
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“Raiding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raiding. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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