SNATCHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snatcher mean?
• SNATCHER (noun)
The noun SNATCHER has 2 senses:
1. a thief who grabs and runs
2. someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
Familiarity information: SNATCHER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SNATCHER (noun)
Meaning:
A thief who grabs and runs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
a purse snatcher
Hypernyms ("snatcher" is a kind of...):
stealer; thief (a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it)
Meaning:
Someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
abductor; kidnaper; kidnapper; snatcher
Hypernyms ("snatcher" is a kind of...):
captor; capturer (a person who captures and holds people or animals)
criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "snatcher"):
crimp; crimper (someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors or soldiers)
seizer; shanghaier (a kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship)
