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schnapper

American  
[shnap-er, snap-] / ˈʃnæp ər, ˈsnæp- /

noun

  1. a food fish, Pagrosomus auratus, occurring in large numbers off the shores of Australia and New Zealand.


schnapper British  
/ ˈʃnæpə /

noun

  1. a variant of snapper snapper

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Etymology

Origin of schnapper

1820–30; variant of snapper; sch < German

Example Sentences

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Eric Schnapper, the lawyer who represented the families in the Twitter case, said it sometimes didn’t seem like the companies really were trying.

From Washington Times

Immediately after Mr. Schnapper raised it, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson moved the lawyer on to talk about the intricacies of blame and how much assistance an enterprise had to give to a terrorist operation before becoming liable.

From Washington Times

In Tuesday’s argument, the Biden administration sided mostly with the family of a different terror victim — also represented by Schnapper — which was suing Google’s YouTube for its algorithms that recommended ISIS-related videos.

From Washington Post

But Barrett also pressed Schnapper for any specific link to the attack in Turkey.

From Washington Post

Eric Schnapper, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, acknowledged that their lawsuit did not accuse Twitter of complicity in the Istanbul attack.

From New York Times