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snatch
verb
to kidnap someone US, 1932- In one of the boldest strokes in gangland annals, he kidnapped Big Frency De Mange, Owney Maddens’ top lieutenant, and with him snatched George Immerman, Connie’s brother. — Robert Sylvester, No Cover Charge, p. 63, 1956
- After them cats from St. Louis snatched me and I had to pay fifty grand to keep them from blowing my head off, I knew I had to have some place to hide. — Charles W. Moore, A Brick for Mister Jones, p. 80, 1975
- The woman who was wasted when Finlay got snatched. — Richard Condon, Prizzi’s Honor, p. 233, 1982
▶ snatch it
to quit work taking the wages due AUSTRALIA, 1911- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 83, 1977
- — Ryan Aven-Bray, Ridgey Didge Oz Jack Lang, p. 45, 1983
▶ snatch your time
to quit work taking the wages due AUSTRALIA, 1916- Within a week, he jobbed the panno, snatched his time and bought an air ticket to gay Paree. — Frank Hardy, The Yarns of Billy Borker, p. 24, 1965
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