| query | If someone r____ a building or place, they enter it by force in order to steal something.If someone raids a building or place, they enter it by force in order to steal something. A 19-year-old man has been found guilty of raiding a bank. ...an armed raid on a small Post Office. He carried out a series of bank raids. |
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| word | raid |
| full-definition | verb When soldiers raid a place, they make a sudden armed attack against it, with the aim of causing damage rather than occupying any of the enemy's land. The guerrillas raided banks and destroyed a police barracks and an electricity substation. The rebels attempted a surprise raid on a military camp. Its planes are carrying out heavy bombing raids against the guerrillas. If the police raid a building, they enter it suddenly and by force in order to look for dangerous criminals or for evidence of something illegal, such as drugs or weapons . Fraud squad officers raided the firm's offices. They were arrested early this morning after a raid on a house by thirty armed police. If someone raids a building or place, they enter it by force in order to steal something. A 19-year-old man has been found guilty of raiding a bank. ...an armed raid on a small Post Office. He carried out a series of bank raids. If you raid the fridge or the larder, you take food from it to eat instead of a meal or in between meals. She made her way to the kitchen to raid the fridge. |
| inflections | raidsraidingraided |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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