Feminine
Razzia
Meaning
police raid
Concepts
Synonyms
scharfes Vorgehen
Treibjagd
Massenverhaftung
Aktion scharf
Polizeirazzia
hartes Durchgreifen
Fischzug
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Raz‧zia
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈratsi̯a/
Etymology
Mid-19th century, from French razzia, from Algerian Arabic غزية (ḡazya), from Classical Arabic غَزْوة (ḡazwa, “military raid, foray”). Adopted with a spelling pronunciation, perhaps after Italian borrowings with -zz- like Skizze or Intermezzo.
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