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But that's exactly what I assumed happened when reading the headline. Almost no native English speaker would assume it meant there was a shootout, or violence, or whatever. What you described is a typical "raid" executed against a company.

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gohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I think for a lot of people the word raid has a connotation with an armed police raid.

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- rishado@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Yeah a lot of idiots
  
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  - gohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    it’s not about idiocity. It is because of for many non native speakers, this word has almost always been seen in that context.
    
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grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
“Raided” is one of those bombastic headline words, like “slammed” or whatever. Unless it was actually a SWAT team busting down the door, what they should be saying is “executed a search warrant.”

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- rishado@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Isn’t this the same as when they raid wall st offices? They don’t take a swat team there afaik
  
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  - grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Yes, in the sense that those aren’t deserving of the word “raid” either.
    
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