How to Use smash-and-grab in a Sentence

smash-and-grab

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• Most smash-and-grab thieves aren’t going to take the time to try and cut it loose.
  — Travis Smola, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2023
• Todd Spitzer has scheduled to discuss smash-and-grab crimes.
  — Gabriel San Román, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2023
• This isn’t the first smash-and-grab theft to strike a Gucci store in California this summer.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2023
• Yet residents and businesses are on edge with smash-and-grab thefts.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• The first smash-and-grab robbery occurred Dec. 24 at the jewelry store, according to the news release.
  — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 10 May 2024
• However street crimes, such as smash-and-grab raids on stores, home robberies and carjackings, have spiked.
  — Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 13 June 2024
• Commercial robbery, which includes thefts in which force is used or threatened (like some smash-and-grab thefts), was up about 13% in that same time frame.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• The video and information about the June 15 smash-and-grab theft was released on the department’s Facebook page Wednesday.
  — Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024
• Eleven people have been arrested so far in connection with a series of smash-and-grab thefts from gun stores in the Greater Cincinnati area.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2024
• Chelsea and Chloe are gossiping about their boyfriends and trying on clothes at the hotel boutique when an armed robber comes in for a little smash-and-grab.
  — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
• The deputies received another report of a smash-and-grab shortly thereafter.
  — Helena Gunderson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
• The actual robbers are realizing that what seemed like a low-stakes smash-and-grab has put a bounty on their heads as well.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2024
• For all of the five-year remembrances of Covid-19, few have paused to recall the cyber smash-and-grab that hoovered billions of dollars out of state unemployment offices.
  — Will Swaim, National Review, 28 May 2025
• His opponents have blamed him for a rise in property crimes in some parts of the county, including a brazen smash-and-grab spree at luxury stores.
  — Nicholas Riccardi, The Denver Post, 29 Feb. 2024
• Overall crime rates in Los Angeles are down from last year, and a recent surge in smash-and-grab robberies makes up little of the overall problem of retail thefts.
  — Richard Winton and Nathan Solis Los Angeles Times (tns), Arkansas Online, 17 Aug. 2023
• In one case, two teens have been arrested and charged with smash-and-grab burglaries that targeted gas stations and convenience stores.
  — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
• In November, Olde Town shops experienced a rash of smash-and-grab burglaries.
  — Claire Lavezzorio, The Denver Post, 2 Jan. 2025
• Loading your audio article Police are looking for three suspects in a smash-and-grab burglary at a smoke shop in Wallingford on Friday.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2024
• Meanwhile, new state laws took effect on Jan. 1 on everything from restrictions on what eggs can be sold to penalties for those convicted in large-scale, smash-and-grab robberies.
  — John Riley, USA TODAY, 4 Jan. 2025
• This ain’t a smash-and-grab type job ... we’re told some of the crews boosting LEGOs are now using counter-surveillance technology, plus getaway drivers and lookouts.
  — Lawrence Hodge / Jalopnik, Quartz, 10 July 2024
• The final defendant involved in a smash-and-grab jewelry store robbery in Tustin has been sentenced to 29 years in prison, according to court records obtained Tuesday.
  — City News Service, Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2025
• In all three races, critics who cited smash-and-grab robberies, open drug dealing at homeless encampments and other unlawful trends, said the leaders were too soft on crime.
  — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
• But the issue has received more notice in the past few years as high-profile smash-and-grab retail thefts and flash mob robberies have garnered national media attention.
  — Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2023
• As retail stores face smash-and-grab invasions, Amazon’s online shopping is assailed by the government.
  — WSJ, 29 Sep. 2023
• Peña served nearly seven years in prison on charges related to a smash-and-grab scheme that included burglary, larceny and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
  — Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
• Forest managed only eight touches in the Everton penalty area, the second-lowest of the campaign behind the smash-and-grab 1-0 win at Liverpool in September.
  — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
• Nine people have pleaded guilty to charges in connection to smash-and-grab robberies worth over $1.7 million throughout Southern California.
  — Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 31 July 2024
• In June of this year, the Chanel boutique on Avenue Montaigne was targeted by a smash-and-grab robbery that involved four suspects ramming their vehicle into the store in order to break the windows and steal merchandise.
  — Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 8 Oct. 2024
• Feel free to retain the mental image of his epic smash-and-grab catch over teammate Kiké Hernández.
  — Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
• In that moment, the smash-and-grab sound and head-bangers-on-overkill vibe of the Red Hot Chili Peppers was born.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026