Synonyms of the word

raid

• n. (military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.
• n. An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.
• n. (online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who…
• n. (sports) An attacking movement.
• v. To engage in a raid.
• v. To steal from; pillage.
• v. To lure from another; to entice away from.
• v. (archaic) To indulge oneself by taking from.

arrogate

• v. (transitive) To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.

assail

• v. To attack violently using words or force.

assume

• v. To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.
• v. To take on a position, duty or form.
• v. To adopt a feigned quality or manner.
• v. To receive or adopt.
• v. To adopt an idea or cause.

attack

• n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
• n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by…
• n. A time in which one attacks. The offence of a battle.
• n. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
• n. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane…
• n. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
• n. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
• n. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
• n. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that…
• n. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level…
• v. (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
• v. (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines,…
• v. (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
• v. (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
• v. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
• v. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.

bust

• n. A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders.
• n. The breasts and upper thorax of a woman.
• v. To break something.
• v. (slang) To arrest for a crime.
• v. (slang) To catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal,…
• v. (snowboarding) An emphatic synonym of do or get.
• v. (US, informal) To reduce in rank.
• v. (poker) To lose all of one's chips.
• v. (blackjack) To exceed a score of 21.
• n. (slang) The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation.
• n. (slang) A failed enterprise; a bomb.
• n. (sports, derogatory) A player who fails to meet expectations.
• n. (chess, informal) A refutation of an opening, or of previously published analysis.
• adj. (slang) Without any money, broke.

defalcation

• n. (law) The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the…
• n. embezzlement.

embezzlement

• n. (law, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.

foray

• n. A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a…
• n. A brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere.
• v. (transitive) To scour (an area or place) for food, treasure, booty etc.
• v. (intransitive) To pillage; to ravage.

incursion

• n. An aggressive movement into somewhere; an invasion.

invade

• v. (transitive) To move into.
• v. (transitive) To enter by force in order to conquer.
• v. (transitive) To infest or overrun.
• v. To attack; to infringe; to encroach on; to violate.
• v. To make an unwelcome or uninvited visit or appearance, usually with an intent to cause trouble or some…

maraud

• v. (intransitive) To move about in roving fashion looking for plunder.
• v. (intransitive) To go about aggressively or in a predatory manner.
• v. (transitive) To raid and pillage.

misapplication

• n. The misuse of something, incorrectly using (applying) something, a wrong application.

misappropriation

• n. The wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of other's funds in one's care.

peculation

• n. (law, chiefly historical) The wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually…

penetration

• n. The act of penetrating something.
• n. Specifically, the insertion of the penis (or similar object) during sexual intercourse.
• n. The act of penetrating a given situation with the mind or faculties; perception, discernment.
• n. (blackjack) A number or fraction that represents how many cards/decks will be dealt before shuffling,…

search

• n. An attempt to find something.
• n. The act of searching in general.
• v. (transitive) To look in (a place) for something.
• v. (intransitive, followed by "for") To look thoroughly.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To look for, seek.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To probe or examine (a wound).
• v. (obsolete) To examine; to try; to put to the test.

seize

• v. (transitive) To deliberately take hold of; to grab or capture.
• v. (transitive) To take advantage of (an opportunity or circumstance).
• v. (transitive) To take possession of (by force, law etc.).
• v. (transitive) To have a sudden and powerful effect upon.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To bind, lash or make fast, with several turns of small rope, cord, or small line.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To fasten, fix.
• v. (intransitive) To lay hold in seizure, by hands or claws (+ on or upon).
• v. (intransitive) To have a seizure.
• v. (intransitive) To bind or lock in position immovably; see also seize up.
• v. (Britain, intransitive) To submit for consideration to a deliberative body.

usurp

• v. To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.
• v. To use and assume the coat of arms of another person.
• v. (obsolete) To make use of.
• v. To take the place rightfully belonging to someone or something else.