Raid, RAID or Raids may refer to:

Attack

Raid (military) Raiding, also known as depredation, is a military tactics, military tactic or operational warfare "smash and grab" mission which has a specific purpose. Raiders do not capture and hold a location, but quickly retreat to a previous defended positi ...

, a sudden attack behind the enemy's lines without the intention of holding ground *

Corporate raid In business, a corporate raid is the process of buying a large stake in a corporation and then using shareholder voting rights to require the company to undertake novel measures designed to increase the share value, generally in opposition to t ...

, a type of hostile takeover in business *

Panty raid A panty raid was a prank occurring in American coeducational colleges in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s; the term dates to February 1949. It consisted of a horde of male students attempting to invade living quarters of female students and steal t ...

, a prankish raid by male college students on the living quarters of female students to steal panties as trophies *

Police raid A police raid is an unexpected visit by police or other law enforcement officers, which aims to use the element of surprise to seize Evidence (law), evidence or arrest suspects believed to be likely to Tampering with evidence, hide evidence, res ...

, 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 A union raid is when a challenger or outsider union tries to take over the membership base of an existing incumbent union, typically through a union raid election in the United States and Canada. Union raids have been criticized by the labor move ...

, 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 * ''The Raid'' (2011 film), an Indonesian action and period crime thriller ** ''

The Raid 2 ''The Raid 2'' (; ), also known as ''The Raid: Retaliation'', is a 2014 Indonesian action thriller film written, directed and edited by the Welsh filmmaker Gareth Evans. It is the sequel to the 2011 film '' The Raid'' and stars Iko Uwais, Ar ...

'', its 2014 sequel * ''Raid'' (2018 film), an Indian period crime thriller by Raj Kumar Gupta ** ''Raid 2'' (2025 film), its sequel * ''Raid'' (2023 film)

Computing

* RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks), a data storage technology providing redundancy

Gaming

Raid (video games) In video games, a raid is a type of mission in Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) where a much larger number than usual of people specifically gather in an attempt to defeat either: (a) another number of people at player-vs ...

, a type of mission in a video game where a large number of people combine forces to defeat a powerful enemy * ''

Silent Assault ''Silent Assault'' , also known as ''Raid'', is an unlicensed game created for the NES by Joy Van and published by Color Dreams. Players control the only human who was unaffected by an alien power, as the Earth's military forces are under con ...

'', also known as ''Raid'', 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 video 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 Twitch may refer to: Biology * Muscle contraction ** Convulsion, rapid and repeated muscle contraction and relaxation ** Fasciculation, a small, local, involuntary muscle contraction ** Myoclonic twitch, a jerk usually caused by sudden muscle c ...

or other live streaming services, bringing a group of viewers from one channel to a target channel

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Raid (band) Raid were a Tennessee based vegan 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 lifest ...

, 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 A.I.M. (Advanced Idea Mechanics) is a fictional criminal organization appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, it First appearance, first appeared in ''Strange Tales'' #146 (July 1966). A.I ...

Sports

Raid (boating) Within boating, Raid is described as a ''sail and oar adventure'', a leisure pursuit combining sailing and Rowing (sport), rowing. It involves a fleet of small boats capable of being rowed and sailed, exploring a coastline or inland waterway over s ...

, a leisure pursuit combining sailing and rowing *

Rally raid Rally raid is a type of off-road motorsport event competed with different types of vehicles. Along with shorter Baja (cross-country rally), baja rallies, rally raid constitutes cross-country rallying. Both the Fédération Internationale de l'Aut ...

, a form of off-road motorsport *

Rebreather Association of International Divers Dive RAID International (formerly RAID) is a dive training organization which was founded in 2007 to support diver training for the Poseidon Mk VI Discovery Rebreather. It has since extended its scope to include open circuit scuba training and ...

, 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 Kaarin Raid (22 October 1942 Rakvere – 29 July 2014 Viljandi) was an Estonian director, theatre pedagogue and actor. In 1967 she graduated from GITIS in director speciality. 1967–1974 she was a director at Endla Theatre, 1974–1977 at Esto ...

(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

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, ', an anti-terrorist unit of the French National Police *

Raid (insecticide) Raid is the brand name of a line of insecticide products produced by S. C. Johnson & Son, first launched in 1956. The initial active ingredient was allethrin, the first synthetic pyrethroid. Raid derivatives aimed at particular invertebrate spe ...

, 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 Adva ...

project to perform predictive analysis of enemy behavior *

RAID (in mental health) Raid, RAID or Raids may refer to: Attack * Raid (military), 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 prankish raid by male college s ...

, ''Reinforce Appropriate, Implode Disruptive'', is a positive psychology least restrictive practice approach for working with people who exhibit challenging behavior *

Raids, Manche Raids is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France. See also *Communes of the Manche department The following is a list of the 445 communes of the Manche department of France. The communes cooperate in the following int ...

, France * Risks, Assumptions, Issues and Dependencies, a project management technique called "RAID log"