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FORAY INTO
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enter someone else's territory and take spoils
Example:
The pirates raided the coastal villages regularly
Synonyms:
foray into; raid
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "foray into" is one way to...):
encroach upon; intrude on; invade; obtrude upon (to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "foray into"):
maraud (raid and rove in search of booty)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
