• ripcord@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    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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      1 year ago

      “Raided” is one of those bombastic clickbait 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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        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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          1 year ago

          Yes, in the sense that those aren’t deserving of the word “raid” either.