0 present participle of snatch
1 to take hold of something suddenly and roughly:
He snatched the photos out of my hand before I had a chance to look at them.
figurative Running the best race of his career, Fletcher snatched (= only just won) the gold medal from the Canadian champion.
The six-year-old girl was snatched from a playground and her body was found two days later.
She had her purse snatched (= stolen) while she was shopping.
Maybe you'll be able to snatch a couple of hours' sleep before dinner.
Don't snatch, Isabel!
Lara snatched the chocolate from my hand and put it to her mouth.
Snatching the beer is both a satire on the colonial propensity for taking other people's things by force and the officers' invariable reputation for drinking.
I think it is a most commendable example of commercial enterprise and of the snatching of some advantage from adversity.
Both we and the police already issue advice in various forms on precautions against street crime, including bag snatching.
