smash-and-grab

adjective

1. informal,  of or relating to a robbery in which a shop window is broken and the contents removed

Example Sentences

Members of a sophisticated burglary crew suspected of executing a series of smash-and-grab retail burglaries that netted more than $2.6 million in stolen goods this year have been arrested, the Los Angeles Police Department said Tuesday.

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Even then, Spurs were grateful for the woeful finishing of Monaco's Japanese former Liverpool midfield Takumi Minamino, who wasted three presentable late chances, much to the growing frustration of the home fans, who increasingly feared they would be victims of a smash-and-grab as opportunities came and went.

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This wasn't a repeat of the smash-and-grab success at Manchester City last December.

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Appeared in the October 20, 2025, print edition as 'A Napoleonic Smash-and-Grab'.

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While acknowledging "it's clear we have to be better", captain Andy Robertson was still in no mood to sour the Scotland feeling after a smash-and-grab victory over Greece.

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Related Words

• burglarize 
• grab 
• gut 
• pillage 
• plunder 
• raid 
• ransack 
• rob 
• snatch