What is the meaning of raiding?

verb

• Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on.
  • usage: "The police raided the crack house"
  • synonyms: raid, bust
• Enter someone else's territory and take spoils.
  • usage: "The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly"
  • synonyms: foray into, raid
• Take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock.
  • usage: "T. Boone Pickens raided many large companies"
  • synonyms: raid
• Search for something needed or desired.
  • usage: "Our babysitter raided our refrigerator"
  • synonyms: raid

adjective

• Characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding.
  • usage: "bands of marauding Indians"; "predatory warfare"; "a raiding party"
  • synonyms: marauding, predatory