snatch n' grab

Spanish translation: robo con el método del tirón/robo por tirón

16:04 Jun 30, 2007
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English term or phrase: snatch n' grab
según entiendo tiene que ver con robo en empresas por parte de los empleados, existe algún equivalente en español?

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Gertrudis
Spanish translation:robo con el método del tirón/robo por tirón
Explanation:
No sé si es lo que buscas ya que esta forma de robo o hurto no tiene que ver con empleados en una empresa, sino que se refiere a cuando una persona va por la calle y le roban el bolso "tirando" de él, arrebatándoselo con fuerza. Así entiendo yo el "snatch n'grab".
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Anne Smith Campbell
Spain
Local time: 20:59
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Muchas gracias Anne
buen día
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4 +1robo con el método del tirón/robo por tirón
Anne Smith Campbell
4robo oportunista
Noni Gilbert Riley


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robo con el método del tirón/robo por tirón


Explanation:
No sé si es lo que buscas ya que esta forma de robo o hurto no tiene que ver con empleados en una empresa, sino que se refiere a cuando una persona va por la calle y le roban el bolso "tirando" de él, arrebatándoselo con fuerza. Así entiendo yo el "snatch n'grab".


Anne Smith Campbell
Spain
Local time: 20:59
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Muchas gracias Anne
buen día

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agree  Cándida Artime Peñeñori: También: robo (por) arrebato.
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robo oportunista


Explanation:
Here are a couple of refs - used in political comment too.
"Alex Salmond accuses Chancellor Gordon Brown of a "smash and grab" raid on oil revenues"
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4500764.stm

"Smash and grab, the hi-tech way. Last year, parliament nearly fell victim to a sophisticated hacking fraud"
technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1689093,00.html

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 20:59
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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