foray

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: raidmaraudplunderdespoillootreavestriprifleransackpillage

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. a sudden short attackSynonyms: raidmaraud
  2. an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence)“scientists' forays into politics”

Verb (2)

  1. steal goods; take as spoils“During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners”Synonyms: plunderdespoillootreavestriprifleransackpillage
  2. briefly enter enemy territory
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

The huge Earl Doorm, . . . Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Foray \For"ay\, v. t. To pillage; to ravage. [1913 Webster]

He might foray our lands. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

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