snatcher

[US]/'snætʃə/
[UK]/'snætʃɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.Snatcher;Abductor

Example Sentences

clapped the purse snatcher in jail; clapped a lid on the box.

The thief was caught by the police snatcher.

She narrowly escaped the purse snatcher on the street.

The phone snatcher grabbed the device and ran off.

The snatcher was lurking in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity.

The jewelry snatcher was apprehended by security at the mall.

The purse snatcher was identified by the victim in a police lineup.

The snatcher made a quick getaway on a stolen motorcycle.

The snatcher was known for targeting tourists in crowded areas.

The police set up a task force to catch the serial snatcher.

The shop owner installed security cameras to deter snatchers.

Real-world Examples

723. The watchful snatcher dispatched a batch of combatants to the hatch.

Source: Remember 7000 graduate exam vocabulary in 16 days.

Goes with the parking tickets and purse snatchers.

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

Or a purse snatcher, loon, prostitute, drug dealer, murderer-not to mention bully, garrotter, highway robber.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

Jobs with titles like " gut snatcher" require people to work closely, slicing open pigs and pulling out entrails.

Source: New York Times

How's the guy? Uh, the purse snatcher.

Source: S04

We talk about " purse snatchers." These are the thieves, crooks, criminals who go around and take women's purses from them by grabbing them from behind and running.

Source: 2014 ESLPod

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