1 (by land) [+village] asaltar rebels are still raiding villages along the border the army raided two mosques in the Gaza Strip last night
[+territory] invadir; hacer una incursión en they sent parties to raid enemy held territory at night
2 (by air) atacar; bombardear warplanes raided the capital of Croatia
3 [+police] llevar a cabo una redada en the police raided the club fraud squad officers raided the firm's offices the police raided the house and uncovered a cache of weapons the hotel was raided by a team of police officers looking for cocaine police to raid the Karachi home of Benazir Bhutto yesterday
4 (Britain) [+criminals] [+bank] asaltar the king's tomb had already been raided an arsenal large enough to raid Fort Knox troops raided Kuwaiti shops and homes a 19-year-old man has been found guilty of raiding a bank four hotels have been raided by armed gangs who snatched pass keys from the night porter and ransacked every room
5 (humorous) shall we raid the larder? ¿asaltamos la despensa?; the boys raided the orchard los muchachos robaron en el huerto
he raided his piggy bank to buy it employers who raid their employees' pension funds these models look as though they have raided their grandmothers' attics! teenagers raiding their parents' record collections she had raided her friends' wardrobes for a presentable outfit the Admiralty has been raiding its archives for material for the new book she made her way to the kitchen, planning to raid the fridge it is all too easy to skip meals, or raid the biscuit jar because you cannot be bothered to cook she decided to raid Mr Loveday's vegetable patch
