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 ...

, 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 th ...

, a type of hostile takeover in business * Panty raid, 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 with the aim of using the element of surprise in order to seize evidence or arrest suspects believed to be likely to hide evidence, resist arrest, be politicall ...

, 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) In video games, a raid is a type of mission in massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) where a number of people attempt to defeat either: (a) another number of people at player-vs-player (PVP), (b) a series of computer-controll ...

, 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) 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 A.I.M. (Advanced Idea Mechanics) is a fictional criminal organization appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. In most versions, it is depicted as a think tank of brilliant scientists dedicated to overthrowing the world's go ...

Sports

* Raid (boating), a leisure pursuit combining sailing and rowing * Rally raid, a form of off-road motorsport * Rebreather Association of International Divers, a dive training organization

People

* Johan Raid (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 Elle ...

(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 A ...

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, 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 ...

(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"