dawn raid
- a surprise visit at dawn, especially by police searching for criminals or illicit goods;an attempt to acquire a substantial portion of a company's shares at the start of a day's trading, typically as a preliminary to a takeover bid
noun: dawn raid, plural noun: dawn raids
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- 1. a surprise visit at dawn, especially by police searching for criminals or illicit goods armed police carried out a dawn raid five men have been arrested in a dawn raid on a caravan site
- ▪ an attempt to acquire a substantial portion of a company's shares at the start of a day's trading, typically as a preliminary to a takeover bid the dawn raid on BAA shares