Question of the Day #224

"Trump: FBI raid on Cohen 'a disgrace'"
From the headline of this article at The Hill.

上記の文で、raid の意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "raid" mean?

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解答

意味：
Raidには、さまざまな訳がありますが、英辞郎の訳の中で最も適切なのは、


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Answer

There are many definitions of raid, but the most appropriate in Merriam-Webster is:

 a sudden invasion by officers of the law

Etymology/語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、

15世紀初め頃から。「馬に乗った遠征隊」

According to Online Etymology Dictionary:

early 15c., "mounted military expedition"

Examples

• Weapons were also seized during the drug raid.
• They caught five smugglers in the raid.
• The last time there was a raid of this scale was in 2001, when 52 menwere arrested on Queen Boat, a floating disco on the Nile.
• The drugs were found during a police raid on the house.