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View definitions for smash and grab

smash and grab

verb as in rifle

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The backlash to Musk's smash-and-grab of the federal government has moved beyond Wall Street tickers into the real world.

From Salon

And Mary, for her part, is too ambitious to settle for mere pickpocketing and shoplifting and the occasional smash-and-grab; she’s got a big, classic, complicated heist percolating in her head that will involve more than just the Elephants.

Another put a stop to the Musk team’s smash-and-grab acquisition of federal payment systems and personnel files.

From Slate

All the tears belonged to City and their supporters at the final whistle after a trademark smash-and-grab late surge gave Real a potentially decisive 3-2 advantage after the first leg of this play-off to reach the last 16 of the Champions League.

From BBC

The stay is the latest legal setback for Trump and Musk, as they have looked to implement a smash-and-grab government via executive orders and questionably legal maneuvers.

From Salon

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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