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snatcher

noun

1. a thief who grabs and runs

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a purse snatcher

• Derivationally related forms: ↑snatch

• Hypernyms: ↑thief, ↑stealer

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

• Syn: ↑kidnapper, ↑kidnaper, ↑abductor

• Derivationally related forms: ↑snatch, ↑abduct (for: ↑abductor), ↑kidnap (for: ↑kidnaper), ↑kidnap (for: ↑kidnapper)

• Hypernyms:

↑criminal, ↑felon, ↑crook, ↑outlaw, ↑malefactor, ↑captor, ↑capturer

• Hyponyms: ↑crimp, ↑crimper, ↑shanghaier, ↑seizer

Useful english dictionary. 2012.