razzia

American  

[raz-ee-uh] / ˈræz i ə /

noun

1. a plundering raid.

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razzia British  

/ ˈræzɪə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of razzia

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

Example Sentences

This method of lightning search and seizure was called the razzia, and every family with young men lived in dread of it.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

It was Flip’s birthday when the razzia came to that quiet residential street of identical attached homes.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

But, alas! the excitement of the razzia destroys the taste for all rational industry.

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James

The Shereef Kebir would scarcely mention the subject of the razzia to me for shame.

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James

Some say the object of the razzia is to chastise the Fadeea for attacking us; but still the main object is to fill the Sultan's "own hungry belly."

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James