See also: Razzia

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French razzia, from Algerian Arabic غَزِيَّة (ḡaziya), equalling Arabic غَزْوَة (ḡazwa, raid, military campaign). Doublet of ghazwa.

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razzia (plural razzias)

  1. A plundering and destructive incursion; a foray; a raid.
    • 1984 April 21, Jorge A., “Getting Together”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
      A week ago the police started razzias (raids), and lots of gay and not gay people have been taken to the police department off of the main avenues, bars, (gay and not gay), baths, and restaurants.

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Borrowed from French razzia, from Algerian Arabic غزية.

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razzia

  1. a forceful, (ideally) unannounced operation by a (para-)military organ at suspicion of crime

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Declension of razzia
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative razzia razziaen razziaer razziaerne
genitive razzias razziaens razziaers razziaernes

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French razzia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑ.zi.aː/
  • Audio:(file)

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razzia f (plural razzia's, diminutive razziaatje n)

  1. razzia, raid

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  • Indonesian: razia

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French

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Etymology

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From earlier razia (1830), gazia (1808), borrowed from Algerian Arabic غَزِيَّة (ḡaziya), classical Arabic غَزْوَة (ḡazwa, raid, military campaign). Compare Portuguese gazia.

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razzia f (plural razzias)

  1. (military) raid, foray [from early 19th c.]
    Synonyms: incursion, raid
  2. (law enforcement) raid, swift operation [from 1840s]
    Synonym: rafle

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Razzia, from French razzia.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈrɒzːijɒ]
  • Hyphenation: raz‧zia
  • Rhymes: -jɒ

Noun

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razzia (plural razziák)

  1. raid (an attack or invasion for the purpose of making arrests, seizing property, or plundering)

Declension

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Possessive forms of razzia
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. razziám razziáim
2nd person sing. razziád razziáid
3rd person sing. razziája razziái
1st person plural razziánk razziáink
2nd person plural razziátok razziáitok
3rd person plural razziájuk razziáik

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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  • razzia in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Italian

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Etymology 1

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Via French razzia from Algerian Arabic غَزِيَّة (ḡaziya).

Noun

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razzia f (plural razzie)

  1. raid, plundering
    Synonym: saccheggio
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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razzia

  1. inflection of razziare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Spanish

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Noun

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razzia f (plural razzias)

  1. alternative form of razia

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French razzia, from Algerian Arabic غزية.

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razzia c

  1. (law enforcement) raid
    Synonyms: polisrazzia, polisräd, räd
    Polisen utförde en razzia mot klubben
    The police carried out a raid on the club

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