snatcher

Other forms: snatchers

Definitions of snatcher

1. noun

   a thief who grabs and runs
   “a purse snatcher”

   type of:

   stealer, thief

   a criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it
2. noun

   someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)
   synonyms: abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper

   types:

   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

   type of:

   captor, capturer

   a person who captures and holds people or animals

   criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw

   someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime