"bash and grab" meaning in All languages combined

See bash and grab on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: bash and grabs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bash and grab (plural bash and grabs)
  1. (informal) The violent taking of something, such as in a robbery. Tags: informal Synonyms: smash and grab, bash-and-grab
    Sense id: en-bash_and_grab-en-noun-F5Pm-TNC Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 87 13 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 84 16

Verb [English]

Forms: bashes and grabs [present, singular, third-person], bashing and grabbing [participle, present], bashed and grabbed [participle, past], bashed and grabbed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bash<> and grab<>}} bash and grab (third-person singular simple present bashes and grabs, present participle bashing and grabbing, simple past and past participle bashed and grabbed)
  1. (informal) To perform such an act. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-bash_and_grab-en-verb-9dz7RcwV Categories (other): English coordinated pairs Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 48 52

Inflected forms

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