cash grab
noun
an attempt to make money quickly, often with little or no other merit.
cash grabs
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pluralof cash grab.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He maintains that club play before age 12 and expensive showcases before late high school are mostly unnecessary cash grabs by for-profit companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Often far-removed from their source material, and often just a bit rubbish, they'd gained a reputation as low-quality cash grabs.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
Earlier this year, the singer took to Threads to claim that her former successful and critically lauded pop albums were "cash grabs," upsetting her fans, who weirdly call themselves Kittenz.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2023
Some are good; most are studio cash grabs, blandly engineered and mechanically foisted on a public assumed to be none too bright or demanding.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
Some of them are cash grabs that are also kind of great.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2016
