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

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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Riley admitted conducting reconnaissance, spotting targets and picking up the gunman, but claimed he believed it was a "smash-and-grab" robbery.

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The mob that crashed an SUV through the front door of Kim Hung Jewelry in San José arrived in multiple vehicles and carried out their smash-and-grab robbery in less than a minute.

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Mayor Matt Mahan said San José is angry about the state of crime and acknowledged that the surveillance video of the smash-and-grab robbery “made his blood boil.”

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The Coalition for Community Engagement, a group that supported the 2024 recall of Oakland’s mayor and Alameda County’s district attorney, pointed to the San José smash-and-grab as another example of crime run rampant.

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Related Words

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