Raid, RAID or Raids may refer to:

Attack

Raid (military) Raiding, also known as depredation, is a military tactic or operational warfare mission which has a specific purpose. Raiders do not capture and hold a location, but quickly retreat to a previous defended position before enemy forces can respond i ...

, a sudden attack behind the enemy's lines without the intention of holding ground * Corporate raid, a type of hostile takeover in business *

Panty raid A panty raid was an American 1950s and early 1960s college prank in which large groups of male students attempted to invade the living quarters of female students and steal their panties (undergarments) as the trophies of a successful raid. The ...

, a prankish raid by male college students on the living quarters of female students to steal panties as trophies * Police raid, a police action involving the entering of a house with the intent to capture personnel or evidence, often taking place early in the morning * Union raid, when an outsider trade union takes over the membership of an existing union

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Raid'' (1947 film), an East German film * ''Raid'' (2003 film), a 2003 Finnish film * ''Raid'' (2018 film), an Indian period crime thriller

Gaming

* Raid (gaming), a type of mission in a video game where a large number of people combine forces to defeat a powerful enemy * ''Raid'' (video game), a Nintendo Entertainment System title released by Sachen in 1989 * ''

Raid over Moscow ''Raid Over Moscow'' (''Raid'' in some countries and on reissue) is a computer game by Access Software published in Europe by U.S. Gold for the Commodore 64 in 1984 and other microcomputers in 1985-1986. Released during the Cold War era, ''Raid ...

'', a 1984 computer game re-released as ''Raid'' * '' Raid: World War II'', a 2017 computer game * '' Raid: Shadow Legends'', a 2018 mobile game * Raid, in context of Twitch or other live streaming services, bringing a group of viewers to a target channel

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Raid (band) Raid were a Tennessee based straight edge hardcore punk band that formed after the break-up of the hardcore band One Way. Raid were a part of the Hardline subculture, which combined the tenets of straight edge (a no drugs, no alcohol lifestyle) ...

, a Tennessee-based band, who helped pioneer the Vegan straight edge movement * "Raid", a song by

Lakeside Lakeside or Lake Side may refer to: Places Australia * Lakeside College, Pakenham, Victoria * Lakeside Joondalup Shopping City, Joondalup, Western Australia * Lakeside, near Reservoir, Victoria * Lakeside International Raceway, Pine Rivers, Quee ...

on the album ''Untouchables'' * R.A.I.D., a branch of the fictional Marvel Comics terrorist group Advanced Idea Mechanics

Sports

* Raid (boating), a leisure pursuit combining sailing and rowing *

Rally raid Rally raid, also known as cross-country rallying, is a form of long distance off-road racing that takes place over several days. The length of the event can be as short as 2–3 days for a cross-country baja to as long as 15 days with marathon ra ...

, a form of off-road motorsport * Rebreather Association of International Divers, a dive training organization

People

Johan Raid Johan Raid (born Johan Reinhold; 22 June 1885 – 4 July 1964) was an Estonian politician and civil servant. Raid was born in Ranna Parish (now Peipsiääre Parish), Kreis Dorpat, in the Governorate of Livonia. From 1931 until 1932, he was Ministe ...

(1885–1964), Estonian politician and government minister * Kaarin Raid (1942–2014), Estonian director, theatre pedagogue and actor *

Kaljo Raid Kaljo Raid (4 March 1921 – 21 January 2005) was an Estonian composer, cellist and pastor. He was born in Tallinn. One of three children, he had an older brother and a twin sister. He studied composition at Tallinn Conservatory under Heino Eller ...

(1921–2005), Estonian composer

Other uses

* RAID (French Police unit), ', an anti-terrorist unit of the French National Police * Raid (insecticide), a consumer insecticide marketed by S. C. Johnson & Son * Real-Time Adversarial Intelligence & Decision-making "RAID", a

DARPA The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military. Originally known as the Adv ...

project to perform predictive analysis of enemy behavior * RAID (in mental health), ''Reinforce Appropriate, Implode Disruptive'', is a positive psychology least restrictive practice approach for working with people who exhibit challenging behavior * Redundant array of independent disks (RAID), a data storage mechanism for improving performance and fault tolerance in computing systems * Raids, Manche, France * Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies, a project management technique called "RAID log"