razzia

[ raz-ee-uh ]

noun

1. a plundering raid.

razzia

/ ˈræzɪə /

noun

1. history a raid for plunder or slaves, esp one carried out by Moors in North Africa

Word History and Origins

Origin of razzia¹

1835–45; < French < Arabic (Algerian) ghāzya military raid, variant of Arabic ghazwah

Word History and Origins

Origin of razzia¹

C19: from French, from Arabic ghaziah war

Example Sentences

When day dawned it was ascertained that this daring razzia had cost Mahomed a hundred horses.

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She had been sold by auction, as usual, the day after the return from the razzia, and had fallen to the lot of one of the men.

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A razzia was ordered in the night, and its result was eight hundred prisoners and twelve thousand head of cattle.

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The Algerine coast has enriched our language with at least two words, respectively warlike and peaceful—razzia and fantasia.

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It was the people of the same tribe who formed a razzia expedition against us.

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