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# raiding

verb form (present participle of raid: raid, raids, raided, raiding); noun (raiding — uncountable)

«raiding» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Raiding is making a sudden attack on a place, usually to steal things or catch people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raiding/#m1)
2. (police) Police raiding a building means going in suddenly to search it or arrest people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raiding/#m2)
3. (informal, humorous) Raiding the fridge or the biscuit tin means taking food from it, often secretly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raiding/#m3)

### In the lessons

In history lessons, Vikings were raiding monasteries and towns along the coasts of Britain and Ireland; "raiding parties" were groups sent to attack. In the news, police are raiding a house when they search it suddenly. At home, kids joke about raiding the fridge at night. In games, raiding means attacking an enemy base.

### Examples

- The Vikings were raiding villages along the coast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raiding/#x1)
- Police were raiding the house at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raiding/#x2)
- My brother was caught raiding the biscuit tin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raiding/#x3)
- Foxes keep raiding our bins at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raiding/#x4)
- The raiding party came by boat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raiding/#x5)
- We went raiding the dressing-up box for costumes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raiding/#x6)
- Squirrels were raiding the bird feeder again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raiding/#x7)

### Note

Raid + ing = raiding (no change). The thing you raid comes straight after: raiding the fridge (no "on"). A "raider" is a person who raids. The fridge sense is joking and not a crime.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «raiding» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/raiding/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«raiding» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/raiding.html) on Mova free.