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raid
     1. n. (military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
     2. n. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering
           a police raid of a narcotics factory
           a raid of contractors on the public treasury
     3. n. (online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.
     4. n. (sports) An attacking movement.
     5. n. (Internet) An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receivi
     6. v. To engage in a raid.
           The police raided the gambling den.
           The soldiers raided the village and burned it down.
     7. v. To lure from another; to entice away from
     8. v. (archaic) To indulge oneself by taking from

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