"Smash and Grab" was a popular term in the 40s to 60s in Britain and had the specific meaning of breaking a shop window (with a brick or an iron bar, usually) and reaching in, grabbing whatever you could lay your hands on and running off into the night before anyone could stop you.

This promoted the sale of window shutters and burglar alarms and theis form of crime became less prominent for a while, until someone got the brilliant idea of reversing a vehicle into the shutter, window and any other protection. So the name changed to "Ram-raiding." (Nothing whatever to do with ovine quadrupeds )


"Swiping" things has always had a distinct connotation, over here, of opportunistic larceny - purloining other peoples goods whilst they aren't looking, then sneaking away with them. It is a very "old hat" term, these days - haven;t heard it in years.
"Swiping" a credit card, meaning to pass it through an electronic reader, is very commonplace over here, but.