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What (who) is smash-and-grab - definition
BRITISH POP GROUP
Such a Night (Racey song); Rest of My Life (Racey song); Alive 'n' Rockin; Smash and Grab (1979); Smash and Grab (Racey album)
smash-and-grab
¦ adjective Brit. denoting a robbery in which the thief smashes a shop window and seizes goods.
smash-and-grab
also smash and grab
(smash-and-grabs)
A smash-and-grab is a robbery in which a person breaks a shop window, takes the things that are on display there, and runs away with them.
...a smash and grab raid.
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WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Smash and Grab (disambiguation); Smash & Grab (disambiguation); Smash and Grab
A smash and grab is a particular form of burglary or looting that involves smashing a barrier, usually a display window in a shop or a showcase, grabbing valuables, and then making a quick getaway, without concern for setting off alarms or creating noise. Typically, display windows and showcases that are in enclosed areas, such as shopping malls and office buildings, are less vulnerable to smash and grab raids than those on open streets – particularly where the streets are poorly lit or unobserved (such as premises in pedestrian subways or unstaffed transport facilities).
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Racey
Racey are a British pop group, formed in 1976 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, by Clive Wilson and Phil Fursdon. They achieved success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with hits such as "Lay Your Love on Me" and "Some Girls". Their 1979 song "Kitty" was an international hit in 1981 for Toni Basil when she reworked it into "Mickey".
Examples of use of smash-and-grab
1. Will it be smash and grab for the Australians to quickly get at the English batsmen?
2. Police broke up a number of smash and grab gangs last year.
3. It‘s not as if you can get a smash and grab or anything here.
4. They have clearly achieved one aim÷ dominating the media agenda with an unending series of smash–and–grab announcements.
5. One robber in «Crazy Stone» urges his fellow thieves to just resort to the simple smash and grab.