raid

Noun

• an attempt by speculators to defraud investors

• a sudden short attack

Verb

• search for something needed or desired
  • Our babysitter raided our refrigerator
    

• take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock
  • T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies
    

• enter someone else's territory and take spoils
  • The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly
    

• search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
  • The police raided the crack house
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  foray , maraud , foray into , bust