English Explanatory Dictionary

smash and grab

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A robbery where a window of a shop or other premises is smashed and items are grabbed as quickly as possible.
  2. An act of theft, appropriation, or other form of gaining advantage at another's expense that is done quickly and audaciously.
verb
  1. To perform a smash and grab.

Word forms

smash and grab smash and grabs smashes and grabs smashing and grabbing smashed and grabbed

Related words

bash and grab grab and run snatch and run
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