Main entry: foray
Definition: an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence)
Usage: scientists' forays into politics
Main entry: raid, foray, maraud
Definition: a sudden short attack
Main entry: foray
Definition: briefly enter enemy territory
Main entry: rifle, ransack, reave, plunder, pillage, despoil, foray, loot, strip
Definition: steal goods; take as spoils
Usage: During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners