(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is the crime of using a car to drive into and break a shop window in order to steal things from the shop. (BRIT)
A shop in Station Road was the target of a ~ early yesterday.
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2.
If people ~, they use a car to drive into and break a shop window in order to steal things from the shop. (BRIT)
The kids who are joyriding and ~ing are unemployed.
VERB: V, also V n
~er (~ers)
Ram-raiders smashed their way into a high-class store.
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