smash-and-grab

A form of smash and grab — A method of robbery where a glass installation of a shop or other establishment is smashed and items are grabbed as quickly as possible without much concern.

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Meanings

nounsmash-and-grab (plural smash-and-grabs)

plural smash-and-grabs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of smash and grab.

    The defending champions paid for a lack of ruthlessness as they dominated the first half, only to be struck by a smash-and-grab right on half-time as N'Golo Kante fired high past Ederson from Eden Hazard's pass.

    2018 December 8, Phil McNulty, “Chelsesa 2 - 0 Manchester City”, in BBC Sport
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APA

smash-and-grab. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smash-and-grab

MLA

“smash-and-grab.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smash-and-grab. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smash-and-grab,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smash-and-grab.

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