ramraid
a robbery which uses a vehicle to smash through a store window
TRANSLATION
ramraid = eine Art Raubüberfall, bei dem ein Fahrzeug durch ein Schaufenster bzw. eine Tür gefahren wird, um den Laden zu plündern (DH) --- GOOGLE INDEX ramraid: approximately 10,000 hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Weetwood Police are appealing for information after a series of RAMRAID incidents over the Christmas period.
(West Yorkshire Police web site)
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A man who took part in a RAMRAID burglary at an Oxfordshire petrol station has escaped a jail sentence.
(The Oxford Times)
(West Yorkshire Police web site)
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A man who took part in a RAMRAID burglary at an Oxfordshire petrol station has escaped a jail sentence.
(The Oxford Times)
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ramraid
noun
- a robbery in which a vehicle is driven through the windows or doors of a closed retail shop in order to loot it.
(DH)
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WORD ORIGIN
The phrase combines the words ram, meaning to hit or push something with force, and raid, which is a short, sudden attack typically conducted by a small group of people.
In a spectacular ramraid in November 2000, thieves used a JCB digger (Bagger) to smash through the perimeter fence and gates of the Millennium Dome in London where the De Beers diamonds, worth an estimated £350 million, were on display. Unknown to the gang, the real diamonds had been replaced with replicas the day before.
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say something like:
“Fortunately ramraids are almost unknown over here in Germany”
noun
- a robbery in which a vehicle is driven through the windows or doors of a closed retail shop in order to loot it.
(DH)
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WORD ORIGIN
The phrase combines the words ram, meaning to hit or push something with force, and raid, which is a short, sudden attack typically conducted by a small group of people.
In a spectacular ramraid in November 2000, thieves used a JCB digger (Bagger) to smash through the perimeter fence and gates of the Millennium Dome in London where the De Beers diamonds, worth an estimated £350 million, were on display. Unknown to the gang, the real diamonds had been replaced with replicas the day before.
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IMPRESS YOUR FRIENDS TODAY
say something like:
“Fortunately ramraids are almost unknown over here in Germany”
