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ram raid

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ram-raid

n
informal a raid in which a stolen car is driven through a shop window in order to steal goods from the shop
ram raiding, ram-raiding n
ram raider, ram-raider n
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ram raid

n (Brit) → Rammbockeinbruch m, → Einbruch mnach dem Rammbockprinzip
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THIEVES are ram-raiding cash machines and stealing them because the crime carries a lesser jail sentence than "traditional" bank robberies, an expert has warned.
Five-star Boro's record Ram-raiding wins over visitors to Teesside BORO have beaten Saturday's visitors Derby County three times at home by club record five-goal margins.
Number plate thefts enable criminals to change the identity of stolen cars so they can be sold and to disguise vehicles used in activities such as ram-raiding and driving away from petrol stations without paying.
A POLICE officer is in hospital after ram-raiding robbers ploughed into him.
Once in the shop, Ball broke into a cigarette machine, stealing around pounds 1,500 of cigarettes, on top of the pounds 10,000 damage he caused ram-raiding the shop.
GANGLAND thugs are ram-raiding CCTV cameras in stolen cars to stop them from being videoed, a top garda has said.
Police are still hunting for a man in connection with a city ram-raiding spree.
Fresh from ram-raiding the Top 40 with their latest single Little Thoughts, Bloc Party are to tour the UK in October.
RAM-raiding thieves have stolen copper cabling worth pounds 58,000 from a Meltham firm.
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