| raid | (noun) a sudden short attack | Synonyms: foray, maraud |
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| (noun) an attempt by speculators to defraud investors | - |
| (verb) search for something needed or desired | - |
| (verb) enter someone else's territory and take spoils | Synonyms: foray into |
| (verb) take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock | - |
| (verb) search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on | Synonyms: bust |
| raider | (noun) a corporate investor who intends to take over a company by buying a controlling interest in its stock and installing new management | - |
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| (noun) someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) | Synonyms: despoiler, freebooter, looter, pillager, plunderer, spoiler |
| raiding | (adjective) characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding | Synonyms: marauding, predatory |
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