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bash and grab en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (informal) The violent taking of something, such as in a robbery.
    • In narrow marina berths, tightly closed blinds are a defense against everything from bash-and-grab thieves to peeping toms. 1991, Janet Groene, Dressing ship: how to furnish, refurbish, and accessorize your boat, →ISBN:
    • Mr BOORD (Rotorua) said he had been concerned about the increase in "bash and grab” crime. 1956, New Zealand. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates. House of Representatives:
    • Too often the law of bash and grab, with the axe and saw, have operated on these rich fields of revenue. 1946, Peter Joseph Hurley, From Kosciusko to the Sea: A Journey Along the River Murray, page 8:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bash and grabs Number=Plur lexicographic
bash-and-grab alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

smash and grab

bash and grab en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (informal) To perform such an act.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bash-and-grab alternative lexicographic
bashes and grabs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bashing and grabbing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bashed and grabbed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bashed and grabbed Tense=Past lexicographic