Vocabulary Word
Word: foray
Definition: raid; sudden raid or military advance; V.
Definition: raid; sudden raid or military advance; V.
Sentences Containing 'foray'
Some obtain these testimonials with good intentions, others put them to a cunning use; for when they go to pillage on Christian territory, if they chance to be cast away, or taken prisoners, they produce their certificates and say that from these papers may be seen the object they came for, which was to remain on Christian ground, and that it was to this end they joined the Turks in their foray.
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