- smash-and-grab
- smash-and-grabsN-COUNT: oft N nA smash-and-grab is a robbery in which a person breaks a shop window, takes the things that are on display there, and runs away with them.
...a smash and grab raid.
English dictionary. 2008.
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smash-and-grab — UK / US adjective a smash and grab crime involves breaking the windows of a building or car in order to steal things quickly Derived word: smash and grab UK / US noun countable Word forms smash and grab : singular smash and grab plural smash and… … English dictionary
smash-and-grab — adjective smash and grab raid the act of robbing a shop by breaking the window and stealing valuable goods smash and grab noun (C) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
smash-and-grab — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective chiefly Britain : committed by smashing a shop window and snatching articles displayed within a smash and grab robbery … Useful english dictionary
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smash-and-grab — /smæʃ ən ˈgræb/ (say smash uhn grab) noun a robbery performed swiftly by breaking a shopwindow, as of a jeweller s, snatching the goods, and running away …
