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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a sudden short attack;
[syn: foray, raid, maraud]

2. an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence);
- Example: "scientists' forays into politics";


VERB (2)

1. steal goods; take as spoils;
- Example: "During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"
[syn: plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage, foray]

2. briefly enter enemy territory; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Foray \For"ay\ (f[o^]r"[asl] or f[-o]*r[=a]"; 277), n. [Another
   form of forahe. Cf. Forray.]
   A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any
   irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. --Spenser.
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         The huge Earl Doorm, . . .
         Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey.  --Tennyson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Foray \For"ay\, v. t.
   To pillage; to ravage.
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         He might foray our lands.                --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

foray
    n 1: a sudden short attack [syn: foray, raid, maraud]
    2: an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of
       competence); "scientists' forays into politics"
    v 1: steal goods; take as spoils; "During the earthquake people
         looted the stores that were deserted by their owners" [syn:
         plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle,
         ransack, pillage, foray]
    2: briefly enter enemy territory