## Meanings
1. A sudden surprise attack or visit, especially by police or soldiers, to make arrests or seize property.
2. To make a sudden surprise attack on a place, often to arrest people or seize goods.
3. To enter a place and take things from it, often quickly or without permission.

## Examples
- The police carried out a dawn raid on the suspect's house.
- Officers raided the warehouse and found stolen goods.
- The kids raided the fridge as soon as they got home.

## Derived Forms
- air-raid
- counterraid
- raidable
- raider
- raidproof
- ram-raid
- ramraid
- unraided

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: raid
- Root: rade
- Root: rād

## Etymology
From Scots raid, from Northern Middle English rade, from Old English rād (“a riding, an expedition on horseback, road”), whence also the inherited English road (“way, street”). The earlier senses of “a riding, expedition, raid” fell into disuse in Early Modern English, but were revived in the northern form raid by Walter Scott in the early 19th century. The use for a swift police operation appears in the later 19th century and may perhaps have been influenced by French razzia (similar in both original meaning and sound).

## AI Etymology
Raid comes from Scots raid, from Northern Middle English rade, from Old English rād (“a riding, an expedition on horseback, road”), whence also the inherited English road (“way, street”). The earlier senses of “a riding, expedition, raid” fell into disuse in Early Modern English, but were revived in the northern form raid by Walter Scott in the early 19th century. The use for a swift police operation appears in the later 19th century and may perhaps have been influenced by French razzia (similar in both original meaning and sound). The historical chain includes raid (Scots), rade (Northern Middle English), and rād (Old English). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as air-raid, counterraid, raidable, and raider. In present use it covers a sudden surprise attack or visit, especially by police or soldiers, to make arrests or seize property, to make a sudden surprise attack on a place, often to arrest people or seize goods, and to enter a place and take things from it, often quickly or without permission.

## Topics
- Verbs of Movement
- Crime & Justice

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