grabbings
Acts of snatching
Grabbings are acts of seizing or snatching—instances of taking hold of something quickly or forcefully.
The word appears in contexts describing multiple such actions: The grabbings of land by developers displaced hundreds of families.
It can also refer to attempts to acquire power, attention, or resources: His constant grabbings for the spotlight annoyed his colleagues.
Mechanism linking engine to gearbox
- gripSecure manual hold
- snatchRapid forceful taking
- captureTake into custody
- snatchingSeizing quickly, abruptly
clutching · grasping · gripping · seizing · apprehend · arrest · detain · confiscate
Excessive accumulation of goods
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- avariceExcessive desire for riches
- rapacityAggressive, seizing greed
materialism · selfishness · insatiability · voracity · accumulating · amassing · stockpiling · cornering
clutch
Mechanism linking engine to gearbox
snatching · clutching · grasping · gripping · seizing · apprehend · arrest · detain · confiscate · commandeer
hoarding
Excessive accumulation of goods
- acquisitivenessDesire to gather wealth
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
- avariceExcessive desire for riches
rapacity · materialism · selfishness · insatiability · voracity · accumulating · amassing · stockpiling · cornering · monopolizing
haste
Excessive quickness
- hurryMove with urgency
- rushQuick sudden movement
- scramblingMoving clumsily in haste
frantic · desperate · hasty · impulsive · eager · lunging · reaching · grappling · fumbling · flailing
assault
Violent offensive act
hostile · lunging · pouncing · wrestling · manhandling · roughhousing · scuffling · accosting · ambushing · tackling
grabbingsreleases
Lets go or publishes
droppings · relinquishments · surrenderings · freeing · liberations
- grabbing some ZsSlumbering briefly
- grabbing hold
- attention grabbingCompelling notice or focus
- grabbing atAttempting to seize
- headline grabbingAttracting media coverage
- land grabbingForcible acquisition of territory