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noun a thief who grabs and runs
noun someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
originEtymology tree English snatch Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English snatcher From snatch + -er.
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