Raid, RAID or Raids may refer to:
Attack
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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 ...
, a sudden attack behind the enemy's lines without the intention of holding ground
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Corporate raid, a type of hostile takeover in business
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Panty raid, a prankish raid by male college students on the living quarters of female students to steal panties as trophies
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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
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Union raid, when an outsider trade union takes over the membership of an existing union
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
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''Raid'' (1947 film), an East German film
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''Raid'' (2003 film), a 2003 Finnish film
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''Raid'' (2018 film), an Indian period crime thriller
Gaming
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Raid (gaming), a type of mission in a video game where a large number of people combine forces to defeat a powerful enemy
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''Raid'' (video game), a Nintendo Entertainment System title released by Sachen in 1989
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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''
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Raid: World War II'', a 2017 computer game
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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
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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) w ...
, a Tennessee-based band, who helped pioneer the Vegan straight edge movement
* "Raid", a song by
Lakeside on the album ''Untouchables''
* R.A.I.D., a branch of the fictional Marvel Comics terrorist group
Advanced Idea Mechanics
Sports
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Raid (boating), a leisure pursuit combining sailing and rowing
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Rally raid, a form of off-road motorsport
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Rebreather Association of International Divers, a dive training organization
People
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Johan Raid (1885–1964), Estonian politician and government minister
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Kaarin Raid (1942–2014), Estonian director, theatre pedagogue and actor
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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 Elle ...
(1921–2005), Estonian composer
Other uses
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RAID (French Police unit), ', an anti-terrorist unit of the French National Police
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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 A ...
project to perform predictive analysis of enemy behavior
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RAID (in mental health), ''Reinforce Appropriate, Implode Disruptive'', is a positive psychology least restrictive practice approach for working with people who exhibit challenging behavior
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Redundant array of independent disks (RAID), a data storage mechanism for improving performance and fault tolerance in computing systems
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Raids, Manche, France
* Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies, a project management technique called "RAID log"
See also
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Raed (Arabic: '), a given name (including a list of people with the name)
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Raider (disambiguation)
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Raiding (disambiguation)
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The Raid (disambiguation)
{{Disambiguation, surname
Estonian-language surnames