raiding parties
Armed looting squads
Raiding parties are groups organized to make a sudden attack, typically to seize goods, destroy property, or take prisoners.
The term applies across contexts—from military units conducting surprise assaults to Viking bands plundering coastal settlements to corporate teams attempting hostile takeovers: The raiding party crossed the border at dawn.
- plunderGoods seized violently
- foraySwift raid or attempt
- warriorsPeople engaged in battle
- band of brothersWarriors bound by loyalty
- ambushSurprise strike from concealment
marauders · quick strike · smash and grab · border reivers · cattle rustling · incursion · pillagers · guerrilla · sortie · corsairs · slave traders · Norsemen · longships · hit-and-run · enemy territory · berserkers · torches · scorched earth
- invadersinvaders, marauders, pillagers, plunderers, hordes
- assault troopsshock troops, assault teams, storm troopers, stormtroopers, strike teams
- piracysoftware piracy, pirates, torrents, book piracy, buccaneers
- Viking raidslongships, plunder, pillaging, loot, berserkers
- raidersmarauders, pillagers, plunderers, looters, ravagers
- army antsarmy ant, driver ant, bivouac
raiding partiesoccupation forces
Troops controlling foreign territory
standing armies · settlers · peacekeeping forces · defensive positions · fortified positions
raiding partiesdefense forces
Nation's military personnel
peacekeeping forces · security patrols · sentries · home guard · defensive formations
raiding partiesaid convoys
Groups transporting humanitarian supplies
relief missions · diplomatic missions · goodwill ambassadors · settlers
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