Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - ram-raid

(ram-raids, ram-raiding, ram-raided) 1. A ram-raid 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 ram-raid early yesterday. N-COUNT 2. If people ram-raid, 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 ram-raiding are unemployed. VERB: V, also V n • ram-raider (ram-raiders) Ram-raiders smashed their way into a high-class store. N-COUNT