snatcher
Americannoun
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someone who snatches a person or thing; a thief or kidnapper.
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someone who entices another person into a relationship, often through manipulative or disloyal means.
Example Sentences
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Beneath that top story was the news of a halt to some bombings in Vietnam, division over school busing in Prince George’s County and the story of a local man killed fighting a purse snatcher.
From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2023
Despite watching hours of speedruns and Let’s Plays before attempting Bloodborne on my own, I still felt the weirdly pleasing mix of horror, shock, and dread getting got by a snatcher for the first time.
From The Verge • Feb. 28, 2022
Is she a well-meaning lonely soul or some kind of malevolent body snatcher?
From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2021
He acknowledging its echoes of when former prime minister Margaret Thatcher was called "the milk snatcher".
From BBC • May 30, 2017
They had treated him like a child snatcher and when, full of rage, Victor wanted to show them his detective's ID, he realized that the little brats had robbed him as well.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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