Riot vs. Raid — What's the Difference?

A riot () is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturbance against authority, property, or people. Riots typically involve destruction of property, public or private.

A surprise attack by a small armed force.

A wild or turbulent disturbance created by a large number of people.

A sudden forcible entry into a place by police

(Law) A violent disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons assembled for a common purpose.

An entrance into another's territory for the purpose of seizing goods or valuables.

An unrestrained outbreak, as of laughter or passions.

A predatory operation mounted against a competitor, especially an attempt to lure away the personnel or membership of a competing organization.

A profusion

An attempt to seize control of a company, as by acquiring a majority of its stock.

Unrestrained merrymaking; revelry.

An attempt by speculators to drive stock prices down by coordinated selling.

Debauchery.

To make a raid on.

(Slang) An irresistibly funny person or thing

To conduct a raid or participate in one.

To take part in a riot.

(military) A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle.

To live wildly or engage in uncontrolled revelry.

An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering.

To waste (money or time) in wild or wanton living

(sports) An attacking movement.

A tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by a large group of people, often involving violence or damage to property.

(Internet) An activity initiated at or towards the end of a live broadcast by the broadcaster that sends its viewers to a different broadcast, primarily intended to boost the viewership of the receiving broadcaster. This is frequently accompanied by a message in the form of a hashtag that is posted in the broadcast's chat by the viewers.

(figurative) A wide and unconstrained variety.

(online gaming) A large group in a massively multiplayer online game, consisting of multiple parties who team up to defeat a powerful enemy.

A humorous or entertaining event or person.

(transitive) To engage in a raid against.

Wanton or unrestrained behavior or emotion.

(transitive) To lure from another; to entice away from.

(obsolete) Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.

(transitive) To indulge oneself by taking from.

(intransitive) To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.

A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.

To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of feasting, luxury, etc.

An attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering; as, a raid of the police upon a gambling house; a raid of contractors on the public treasury.

(transitive) To cause to riot; to throw into a tumult.

To make a raid upon or into; as, two regiments raided the border counties.

(transitive) To annoy.

A sudden short attack

Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.

An attempt by speculators to defraud investors

Excessive and exxpensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.

Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on;

The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the execution of some private object.

Enter someone else's territory and take spoils;

To engage in riot; to act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, or the like; to revel; to run riot; to go to excess.

Take over (a company) by buying a controlling interest of its stock;

To spend or pass in riot.

Search for something needed or desired;

A public act of violence by an unruly mob

A state of disorder involving group violence

A joke that seems extremely funny

A wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity

Take part in a riot; disturb the public peace by engaging in a riot;

Engage in boisterous, drunken merry-making;