glam raider

glam raider
 n.— «Designer handbags have been stolen to order in a recent series of smash-and-grab store raids in the capital.…Scotland Yard has set up a special detective squad to target the gangs, but it appears the “glam raiders”—as people in fashion circles have taken to calling them—are still very much at large.» —“Handbagged: ‘Must-have’ bags targeted by thieves in smash-and-grab store raids” Daily Mail (United Kingdom) Oct. 29, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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