snatcher

snatch

S0508300 (snăch)v. snatched, snatch·ing, snatch·es v.tr.1. a. To grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly: snatched the dollar from my hand.b. To steal, especially quickly or with a sudden movement.c. Informal To kidnap (someone).2. Sports To raise (a weight) in one quick, uninterrupted motion from the floor to a position over the lifter's head.3. Informal a. To obtain or achieve quickly or unexpectantly: snatched an early lead in the game.b. To get (a small amount of sleep).v.intr. To make grasping or seizing motions: snatched at the lamp cord.n.1. a. The act of snatching; a quick grasp or grab.b. Informal A kidnapping.2. A brief period of time: "At the end we preferred to travel all night, / Sleeping in snatches" (T.S. Eliot).3. A small amount; a bit or fragment: a snatch of dialogue.4. Sports A lift in weightlifting in which the weight is raised in one uninterrupted motion from the floor to a position over the lifter's head.5. Vulgar Slang The vulva.

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[Middle English snacchen.]

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snatch′er n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	snatcher - a thief who grabs and runs; "a purse snatcher"stealer, thief - a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
	2.	snatcher - someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)abductor, kidnaper, kidnappercaptor, capturer - a person who captures and holds people or animalscriminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crimecrimper, crimp - someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiersseizer, shanghaier - a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship

Translations

rapinatore