/dɔːn reɪd/ – Phrase
Definition: Cuộc kiểm tra hoặc tấn công bất ngờ vào một tổ chức hoặc doanh nghiệp vào buổi sáng sớm để thu thập thông tin hoặc tìm kiếm bằng chứng về vi phạm pháp luật.
A more thorough explanation: 1. an investigation by competition authorities
2. when an investor buys a lot of shares in a company as soon as the stock markets open before making a formal takeover bid in order to keep the takeover costs down
Example: 1. The Office of Fair Trading launched investigations into two alleged conspiracies with a series of dawn raids on airline offices.
2. “The dawn raid in Sainsbury is fuelling talk of a takeover bid,” one trader said.