ram raid

noun

informal, a raid in which a stolen car is driven through a shop window in order to steal goods from the shop

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Other Word Forms

ram raider noun
ram raiding noun

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The facility has been the focus of a number of previous protests, including paint being thrown over the building and a ram raid.

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It was a ram raid on an unprepared England defence.

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Philip Lancefield, who owns a greengrocers in the same parade of shops, said there had been a few break-ins and a ram raid on the Co-op two years ago but nothing as significant as Friday's .

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In a Facebook post Llanrumney Labour referred to the incident as a "bungled ram raid".

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One user joked, “Looks like they're planning a ram raid to me.”