Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who snatches, or takes suddenly or guiltily: as, a body-snatcher; specifically, formerly, in Scotland, a roving thief, especially one of a body of plunderers hanging upon a military force.
- noun plural In ornithology, specifically, birds of prey; the Raptores, See cuts under
Raptores .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who snatches, or takes abruptly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun one who
snatches , orsteals by snatching.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a thief who grabs and runs
- noun someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
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Examples
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And if it weren't for the fact that the snatcher was a fellow South Carolinian, the Secretary of Education, I don't know I'd be wild about this.
Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry ITY National Archives 1997
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The blood-red rosette of Nero entitled the snatcher of it to one hundred francs.
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I heard this among the men of the city horse-cars, where the conductor is often call'd a "snatcher" (i.e. because his characteristic duty is to constantly pull or snatch the bell-strap, to stop or go on.)
Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Walt Whitman 1855
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I heard this among the men of the city horse-cars, where the conductor is often call'd a "snatcher" (i.e. because his characteristic duty is to constantly pull or snatch the bell-strap, to stop or go on.)
November Boughs ; from Complete Poetry and Collected Prose 1855
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Posted on January 23, 2009 by archiearchive FCD In Greek mythology, the Harpy was a death spirit, a "snatcher".
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(The new trainee detective in a Paris district has, upon his first day on duty, captured a purse snatcher in the act, apprehended him and brought the purse snatcher and his female victim to the police station to press charges against the fiend)
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TRAINEE: Look, boss, I have captured this purse snatcher in the act, recovered the purse and present this criminal for appropriate disposition.
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(The new trainee detective in a Paris district has, upon his first day on duty, captured a purse snatcher in the act, apprehended him and brought the purse snatcher and his female victim to the police station to press charges against the fiend)
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I am so right there with you on this whole invation of the body snatcher age.
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"Cradle-snatcher," was the final sting that sent the angry blood into Saxon's cheeks as the two girls moved away, unaware that they had been overheard.
CHAPTER VII 2010
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