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smash and grab

noun

Definitions

  1. A robbery where a window of a shop or other premises is smashed and items are grabbed as…

    A robbery where a window of a shop or other premises is smashed and items are grabbed as quickly as possible.

    • a smash and grab raid

  2. An act of theft, appropriation, or other form of gaining advantage at another's expense…

    An act of theft, appropriation, or other form of gaining advantage at another's expense that is done quickly and audaciously.

    • Aggiss and Cowie are smash and grab artists, eclectically borrowing from a range of different dance and performance styles and making them into their own inimitable blended form.

  3. To perform a smash and grab.

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