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smash-and-grab
adjective
informalof or relating to a robbery in which a shop window is broken and the contents removed
Example Sentences
While such smash-and-grab crimes drew widespread attention online, a Times analysis found they made up only a fraction of the city’s burglaries in 2020.
Gov. Gavin Newsom has sent officers to Oakland and Bakersfield, cities that have had immense issues with smash-and-grab retail crime.
Thao, a progressive elected in 2022, was roundly criticized for failing to more aggressively address so-called smash-and-grab robberies and car thefts or dismantle the city’s sprawling tent cities.
They thrashed Manchester City 4-2 here in the new league table format stage, then recovered from losing at home to a late Liverpool smash-and-grab before winning at Anfield and going through on penalties.
A surge in property crimes and “smash-and-grab” robberies drove some high-profile businesses to leave town.
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