Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Theft or larceny.
- noun An act of such theft or larceny.
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- verb Present participle of
snatch . - noun The act by which something is
snatched .
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Examples
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They will begin snatching them up in droves and GM will soon be reestablished as the world's number one automaker.
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What, exactly, is the basis for your belief that the US is legally justified in snatching foreign nationals outside the territorial US AND at the same time providing them with essentially none of the rights of aliens in the US?
Balkinization 2007
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What, exactly, is the basis for your belief that the US is legally justified in snatching foreign nationals outside the territorial US AND at the same time providing them with essentially none of the rights of aliens in the US?
Balkinization 2007
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This top attractor pattern is virtually unmatched in snatching trout from heavy currents, broken water, and bouldery pockets.
Royal Wulff 1999
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And at the same time you smile, secretly, slyly, because Life seems to be opposed to granting you these entrances, seems indeed to be engaged in snatching them from you and making them impossible, keeping you in the
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God in snatching despairingly at unwarranted relief.
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This was also to testify his respect to Christ, and the grateful sense he had of his kindness, in snatching him from the receipt of custom as a brand out of the burning.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
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It’s also futile calling one of those plastic policemen to go to a cafe where a bag-snatching is in progress as they will about step and march in the opposite direction.
Ready And Waiting….. and waiting, and waiting…. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Police have charged six people, including the Brun Del Res and their 25-year-old son, with charges of abduction and forcible confinement for their part in snatching a woman off the street in Hamilton in late December, forcing her into a van and bringing her back to the family home in Milton, about a half hour’s drive north-east of the city.
Family, friends to stand trial for kidnapping in deprogramming attempt 2008
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It's called snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
General Election Polls Show Hillary And Obama Roughly Even Against McCain In Pennsylvania 2009
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