smash-and-grab
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Feel free to retain the mental image of his epic smash-and-grab catch over teammate Kiké Hernández.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
Australian police have recovered a trove of stolen Egyptian artefacts and charged a 52-year-old man with a nighttime smash-and-grab at a museum.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
Disney's lawyers accused ByteDance of committing a "virtual smash-and-grab" of their intellectual property, including superheroes from Marvel, Star Wars and various cartoons.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
Unlike thieves who carry weapons into museums or use axes to smash-and-grab, art-world scammers rarely get violent—so their prison sentences often get cut short.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 11, 2026
"Probably it was called a smash-and-grab robbery, down here."
From The Enormous Room by Gold, Horace Leonard
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