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foray: an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence); "scientists' forays into politics"; a sudden short attack; briefly enter enemy territory

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maraud collapse: raid and rove in search of booty; "marauding rebels overran the countryside"

freeboot collapse

spoliate collapse

plundering collapse: the act of stealing valuable things from a place; "the plundering of the Parthenon"; "his plundering of the great authors"; given to taking by force what is desired

marauding collapse: characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding; "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party"

scaling collapse: ascent by or as if by a ladder; act of measuring or arranging or adjusting according to a scale; the act of arranging in a graduated series

incursion collapse: the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers); "the incursion of television into the American living room"; the mistake of incurring liability or blame

take by storm collapse

sacking collapse: coarse fabric used for bags or sacks

ransack collapse

banditry collapse: the practice of plundering in gangs

air raid collapse: an attack by armed planes on a surface target

pillaging collapse

looting collapse: plundering during riots or in wartime

irruption collapse: a sudden violent entrance; a bursting in; "the recent irruption of bad manners"; a sudden sharp increase in the relative numbers of a population

depredation collapse: an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding

depredate collapse

invasion collapse: the act of invading; the act of an army that invades for conquest or plunder; (pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body; "the tumor's invasion of surrounding structures"; any entry into an area not previously occupied; "an invasion of tourists"; "an invasion of locusts"

inroad collapse: an encroachment or intrusion; "they made inroads in the United States market"; an invasion or hostile attack

spoliation collapse: (law) the intentional destruction of a document or an alteration of it that destroys its value as evidence

despoliation collapse

plunder collapse: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

invade collapse: march aggressively into another's territory by military force for the purposes of conquest and occupation; "Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939"; penetrate or assault, in a harmful or injurious way; "The cancer had invaded her lungs"; occupy in large numbers or live on a host; "the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North"

ravish collapse

inundate collapse: fill or cover completely, usually with water

loot collapse: goods or money obtained illegally; take illegally; of intellectual property; "This writer plundered from famous authors"

harry collapse: make a pillaging or destructive raid on (a place), as in wartimes

ravishment collapse

raid collapse: an attempt by speculators to defraud investors; search for something needed or desired; "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"; take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock; "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"; search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house"

pillage collapse

forage collapse: wander and feed; "The animals forage in the woods"

raven collapse: large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail; feed greedily; "The lions ravened the bodies"; prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs"; obtain or seize by violence

rape collapse: the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse against her will; the act of despoiling a country in warfare; Eurasian plant cultivated for its seed and as a forage crop; destroy and strip of its possession; "The soldiers raped the beautiful country"; force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman was raped on her way home at night"

rifle collapse: a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired"; go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?"

despoil collapse

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