I'd Like to Razzia You!

So razzia apparently means "a plundering raid," from the Arabic gazwa. Now, why couldn't Jack Balcer use "plundering raid" or perhaps just "raid" instead of razzia? There are lots of books about ancient warfare, this the first in my experience where the author thought the word razzia was necessary. I'm going to have to attribute Balcer's use of razzia to his sense of inadequacy in having his crappy, paradigmatic book only published by Scholars Press out in Chico, California. Heard they're doing some great things out there. Really.