raiding party

plural raiding parties

1. A group of people who band together to make a raid or foray.

   In the name of justice and decent beds, we who were cotless formed a raiding party that very night — led by Boombaw, and with DeMal as advance scout.

   2001, Gil Murray, The Invisible War, page 173

   1 more example

   It’s surely consequential that Jon has a claim to the throne, whether he knows about it or not, but all of that is overshadowed by his immediate circumstances, which are that Jon Snow is leading a raiding party beyond the Wall to kidnap a wight.

   2017 August 13, Brandon Nowalk, “Oldtown offers one last game-changing secret as Game Of Thrones goes behind enemy lines (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2017