smash and grab

Example Sentences

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"In some cases, incidents appear opportunistic, smash-and-grab, while others look more targeted -- suggesting prior knowledge of store layouts, closing routines, or where higher-value inventory is kept," Jarman said.

From Barron's

In the cease-and-desist letters, Netflix called Seedance “a high-speed privacy engine;” Warner Bros. argued that ByteDance used their materials to train its AI model, citing “a deliberate design choice;” and Disney claimed that the usage was a “virtual smash-and-grab” of their IP.

From Los Angeles Times

“Over Disney’s well-publicized objections, ByteDance is hijacking Disney’s characters by reproducing, distributing, and creating derivative works featuring those characters. ByteDance’s virtual smash-and-grab of Disney’s IP is willful, pervasive, and totally unacceptable,” Disney’s attorney David Singer wrote, per Axios.

From Los Angeles Times

Australian police have recovered a trove of stolen Egyptian artefacts and charged a 52-year-old man with a nighttime smash-and-grab at a museum.

From Barron's

Disney's lawyers accused ByteDance of committing a "virtual smash-and-grab" of their intellectual property, including superheroes from Marvel, Star Wars and various cartoons.

From BBC