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- verb Alternative spelling of
ramraid . - noun Alternative spelling of
ramraid .
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Examples
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It doesn't help that there's likely to be a giant ram-raid on West Indian playing personnel for the Australian domestic T20 competition, known as the Big Bash.
Poor Board, Poor Team Richard Lord 2011
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A stolen Transit had ‘made off’ through some woods from one of our night duty patrols after a failed ATM ram-raid.
Speedwagon. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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When we were walking to the office I was expecting to hear a few gunshots ring out from a drug deal gone sour; or maybe even witness a ram-raid on a liquor store.
Immigration Interview RICHARD 2006
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More pixels, better sound and more colours, in short it’s better than going to a cinema and without those dreadful adverts about illegal downloads but will cost almost as much as buying your local multiplex – maybe something to admire from afar until the price comes down, unless you have a Swiss bank manager or are planning to ram-raid Dixons.
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The chief suspect for the ram-raid had just had an early-morning call and at that very moment was standing in his summer-weight jim jams explaining that he'd always been a Guardian reader; he bought it for the dog-racing tips.
Some by Fire Pawson, Stuart 1999
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As for the flock wallpaper, why anyone would care to ram-raid a 1976 tandoori house in the cause of improving the decor is anyone's guess.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Olympic sport is permanently braced against the ram-raid, the swindle, the pharmaceutical con.
The Guardian World News Paul Hayward 2011
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Ransacked: Ania Cerelczak outside the gallery in Great Guildford Street Bungling thief drops mobile during ram-raid at gallery Robbers smashed their van into a London art gallery in a ram-raid that caused thousands of pounds of damage.
Evening Standard - Home Mark Blunden 2011
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Thieves ram-raid Dandenong hobby shop for remote-controlled toy A SHOPLIFTER has rammed a hobby shop worker with a car as he made a getaway with a remote control toy.
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Thieves ram-raid Dandenong hobby shop for remote-controlled toy A SHOPLIFTER has rammed a hobby shop worker with a car as he made a getaway with a remote control toy.
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