"raiding" in the verb sense
1. raid, bust
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
"The police raided the crack house"
2. foray into, raid
enter someone else's territory and take spoils
"The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
3. raid
take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock
"T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
4. raid
search for something needed or desired
"Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"
"raiding" in the adjective sense
1. marauding, predatory, raiding
characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
"bands of marauding Indians"
"predatory warfare"
"a raiding party"
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