smash-and-grab

adjective

chiefly British

—used to describe a robbery that is done by breaking a window of a car, store, etc., and stealing whatever can be taken quickly

a smash-and-grab robbery/thief

Examples of smash-and-grab in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Chicago police are investigating after a smash-and-grab crew stole an ATM from a gas station on the city's South Side early Sunday morning. — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026

Amid a rash of smash-and-grab burglaries targeting video gambling machines in restaurants, bars and other businesses, suburban law enforcement agencies are teaming up to fight back. — Charles Keeshan, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Less than two weeks ago, a $4 million diamond necklace once owned by Egyptian royalty was taken in a smash-and-grab robbery in Vienna, Austria. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026

Friday’s smash-and-grab robbery was the second time in the past month that a Yuba City jewelry store was robbed. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for smash-and-grab

• taxicab
• ab
• cab
• crab
• dab
• drab
• fab
• gab
• grab
• jab
• lab
• mab