As noun: 1. A short sudden attack, usually by a small group of people: The commandos made/staged/carried out a daring raid (on the enemy.
2. The act of entering a place by force in order to steal from it: Millions of dollars were stolen in a bank raid last night.
3. An occasion when the police enter a place suddenly in order to find someone or something: The drugs were found during a police raid on the house.
As verb:
1. Attack a place suddenly: The nomads raide the enemy camp and captured over 100 camels.
2. (of the police) To enter a place suddenly in order to find someone or something: Police officers from the organized crime division raided businesses in central London.
3. (informal) To take something from a place, usually secretly: I caught Tony raiding the fridge.
Info taken from the Cambridge Online Dictionary:
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/raid
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