Green’s Dictionary of Slang

a method of stealing from shops that have erected blinds, shutters, bars etc, whereby the thief steals a car, then drives at high speed into the shop-front, smashing the way through any defences; the car is filled with loot, then driven away.

1999

Indep. 6 Nov. 7: Shelf fillers at Tesco foiled an attempted ram-raid by pelting a gang with fruit after three cars smashed into a superstore.