[fawr-ey, for-ey] 
| 1. | a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port. |
| 2. | a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls. |
| 3. | an initial venture: a successful foray into politics. |
| 4. | to make a raid; pillage; maraud. |
| 5. | to invade or make one's way, as for profit or adventure: foreign industries foraying into U.S. markets. |
| 6. | to ravage in search of plunder; pillage. |
| for·ay (fôr'ā', fōr'ā', fŏr'ā') n.
v. intr.
To pillage in search of spoils. [Middle English forrai, from forraien, to plunder, probably back-formation from forreour, raider, plunderer, from Old French forrier, from forrer, to forage; see forage.] |
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