smash-and-grab
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Definitions ofsmash-and-grab
- A robbery where a window of a shop or other premises is smashed and items are grabbed as quickly as possible.
Example: "a smash and grab raid"
- (by extension) An act of theft, appropriation, or other form of gaining advantage at another's expense that is done quickly and audaciously.
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