raid

A surprise attack by a small armed force.

A sudden forcible entry into a place by police.

An entrance into another’s territory for the purpose of seizing goods or valuables.

A predatory operation mounted against a competitor, especially an attempt to lure away the personnel or membership of a competing organization.

An attempt to seize control of a company, as by acquiring a majority of its stock.

An attempt by speculators to drive stock prices down by coordinated selling.

To make a raid on.

To conduct a raid or participate in one.

A hostile or predatory incursion; especially, an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a swooping assault for injury or plunder; a foray.

Hence A sudden onset in general; an irruption for or as if for assault or seizure; a descent made in an unexpected or undesired manner: as, a police raid upon a gambling-house.