Meaning Of The Word Foray

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What's The Definition Of Foray?

foray
If you make a foray into a new or unfamiliar type of activity, you start to become involved in it.
countable noun: You can refer to a short journey that you make as a foray if it seems to involve excitement or risk, for example because it is to an unfamiliar place or because you are looking for a particular thing.

foray in American English
a sudden attack or raid in order to seize or steal things
to raid for spoils; plunder; pillage
intransitive verb: to make a raid; pillage; maraud
noun: a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder
transitive verb: to ravage in search of plunder; pillage

foray in British English
noun: a short raid or incursion
verb: to raid or ravage (a town, district, etc)

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