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smash and grabs

smash and grabs is the plural of smash and grab.

Meaning of smash and grab

Noun

smash and grab (countable and uncountable, plural smash and grabs)

  1. (attributive, often) 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 regard.
    • a smash and grab raid
  2. (attributive, broadly, often) An act of theft, appropriation, or other form of gaining advantage at another's expense that is done quickly and audaciously.
    • Aggiss and Cowie are smash and grab artists, eclectically borrowing from a range of different dance and performance styles and making them into their own inimitable blended form.2006, Liz Aggiss, Billy Cowie, Anarchic Dance, →ISBN, page 5

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Questions about smash and grabs

What is smash and grabs the plural of?
Smash and grabs is the plural of smash and grab.

Words near smash and grabs in the dictionary

  1. SMase
  2. SMases
  3. smash
  4. smash and dash
  5. smash and grab
  6. smash and grabs
  7. smash burger
  8. smash burgers
  9. smash cake
  10. smash cakes
  11. smash cut

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