Noun : a police raid on a gambling ring. From Dictionary.com.
At present, exactly how many male elephants engage in crop-raiding is unknown. From Wordnik.com. [ID Cards Free to Elephants | Impact Lab] Reference
"'Cause they 're pirates, that 's why, and because there 's more money in raiding the private beds.". From Wordnik.com. [Chapter XIV] Reference
I think part of the reason why invested players gravitate towards raiding is it provides a structure for playing together. From Wordnik.com. [World of Warcraft is The Loneliest Road] Reference
Also: @Devinius: one-shot means not only to kill with one hit, but it also means, in raiding, you killed it without wiping. From Wordnik.com. [EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - This is incredibly painful.] Reference
What’s more, cattle-raiding is traditional in Northern Kenya. From Wordnik.com. [Climate change is mankind’s defining crisis (Mobiot/Lomborg debate) | Serendipity] Reference
If the notion of raiding Africa for its resources while propping up corrupt government officials sounds familiar, that's because it is. From Wordnik.com. [Curse of Friendship] Reference
Saloon 'raiding' was, perhaps, our most difficult work. From Wordnik.com. [The Angel Adjutant of "Twice Born Men"] Reference
But we're fairly casual, we're not a true 'raiding' guild. From Wordnik.com. [I Love the Smell of Burning Crusade in the Morning] Reference
What has been referred to as "raiding" the SSA trust fund ensued. From Wordnik.com. [Stephen Herrington: McCain's Social Security Plan Would Cut Benefits To People Who Already Paid For Them] Reference
So he had no diffculty in doing a little "raiding" (as Bree called it). From Wordnik.com. [The Horse and His Boy]
There was a great deal of this kind of raiding at the commencement of the march, and. From Wordnik.com. [Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief] Reference
"Companies have been kind of raiding the supply cabinet for the last six months," Mr. Sargent said. From Wordnik.com. [Slow Sales Hamper Staples] Reference
The OP didn't mention it by name, but by focusing on large scale "raiding" the implication is there. From Wordnik.com. [Endgame: Bandwidth] Reference
It was a troublesome one and involved a certain amount of what Shasta called stealing, and Bree called "raiding". From Wordnik.com. [The Horse and His Boy]
And in grad school, there was the added pleasure of "raiding" what other classes were reading for interesting looking books. From Wordnik.com. [Rhythm] Reference
Both parties, to their discredit, have promoted this fiction about not "raiding" money that belongs in a Social Security "lockbox.". From Wordnik.com. [A Surplus Of Surplus-Fetish] Reference
No law controlling access to the surplus had resulted in employers effectively "raiding" the excess funds "through dubious mechanisms". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
And that is, quite frankly, one of the biggest game design flaws with WoW, EQ1, and any other game where traditional "raiding" is involved. From Wordnik.com. [Endgame: Bandwidth] Reference
Kozlowski indicted for evading taxes & "raiding" Tyco. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
NUMW, she says, is guilty of "raiding" (she would know). From Wordnik.com. [CounterPunch] Reference
In labor circles, "raiding" almost always has a negative connotation. From Wordnik.com. [Extra! Extra!] Reference
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Tuesday said it opposed Congress "raiding" the. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
The Conservatives accused Labour of "raiding" taxpayers 'money to fund their election campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Creating another entitlement by "raiding" an existing loved entitlement (Medicare) is quite another matter. From Wordnik.com. [GJSentinel.com] Reference
And then there is Dukes Bar-B-Que, liver pudding, Mama's pork chops and "raiding" Grandma's fridge, he said. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Russians call "raiding" ie "hostile takeovers of businesses and factories that are very aggressive and barely legal". From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
Damion Schubert, lead combat designer at Bioware Austin, discusses design mechanics for the endgame, such as raiding and city sieges. From Wordnik.com. [Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today] Reference
For guilds where skill is important, such as raiding or PvP guilds, you may want to require applicants to go on a test run with your guild. From Wordnik.com. [World of Warcraft Pro - Brings Game Experience to You!] Reference
And that's why what's routinely denounced as "raiding" is not always just resource-wasting, management-assisted, "business union" poaching. From Wordnik.com. [Extra! Extra!] Reference
I recall raiding the refrigerator late at night. From Wordnik.com. [Brussels Sprouts] Reference
"This planet is a raiding base, and 'raiding' is the operative word. From Wordnik.com. [Space Viking] Reference
"raiding" the premises, rather than inspecting them, and by seizing money from a safe, and by seizing equipment. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Employment lawyers say anti-raiding lawsuits are on the rise. From Wordnik.com. [Year Of The Employee] Reference
Then we max out the credit cards, and start raiding 401 (k) s and penny jars. From Wordnik.com. [To The Rich, From America] Reference
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