📖 Definitions of "Snatching"
verb
- 1
To grasp and remove quickly.
"He snatched up the phone."
- 2
To attempt to seize something suddenly.
"to snatch at a rope"
- 3
To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.
"to snatch a kiss"
- 4
To steal.
"Someone has just snatched my purse!"
noun
- 1
The act by which something is snatched.
"Three purse snatchings in the park were reported this week."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Snatching"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| grabverb | (transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch. |
| catchverb | (heading) To capture, overtake. |
| snapverb | A quick breaking or cracking sound or the action of producing such a sound. |
| nobbleverb | (UK, Ireland, slang) To gain influence over by corrupt means or intimidation. |
| abductverb | (transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. |
| kidnapverb | (transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. |
| snatch up | a 2018 South Korean action comedy film written and directed by Heo Jun-hyeong. |
| grabbingnoun | The act of one who grabs; a snatching. |
| seizingnoun | The act of grabbing or taking possession. |
| pillageverb | (ambitransitive) To loot or plunder by force, especially in time of war. |
| lootingnoun | The act of stealing during a crisis such as a war, riot or natural disaster, when law enforcement is ineffective or absent. |
| robverb | (transitive) To steal from, especially using force or violence. |
| robberynoun | (crime) The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force. |
| hijackingnoun | The instance of such an act; the seizure of a vehicle. |
| abducted | Having been kidnapped; having become the victim of an abduction |
| banditrynoun | Acts characteristic of a bandit; armed robbery. |
| kidnappingnoun | (crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom. |
| extractingverb | (transitive) To draw out; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc. |
| pillagingnoun | the act of stealing valuable things from a place |
| snaringverb | The capture of a person or animal by means of a snare. |
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