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Snatcher

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. one who snatches, or steals by snatching.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One who snatches, or takes abruptly.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. 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.

n. plural In ornithology, specifically, birds of prey; the Raptores, See cuts under Raptores.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a thief who grabs and runs

n. someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)

Word Usage

"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."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

stealer thief

Form

cradle-snatcher bag-snatcher body-snatcher baby-snatcher purse-snatcher

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Thatcher catcher dispatcher hatcher stature

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