snaffling
Seizing something swiftly
Snaffling is grabbing or taking something quickly, often in a sneaky or opportunistic way: She was caught snaffling biscuits from the kitchen.
The word is informal and chiefly British, suggesting petty theft or greedy acquisition rather than serious crime.
It can also mean fitting a horse with a snaffle bit.
Minor, sneaky theft
- filchingStealing small items
- swipingTaking something swiftly
- pocketingTaking and keeping covertly
- thievingAct of stealing
grabbing · nabbing · pinching · nicking · lifting · purloining · appropriating · taking
pilfering
Minor, sneaky theft
thieving · grabbing · nabbing · pinching · nicking · lifting · purloining · appropriating · taking · snatching
grabbing
Taking hold suddenly
devouring · seizing · claiming · monopolizing · wolfing · scarfing · gorging · ravenous · voracious · gluttonous
furtive
Secretive and sly
underhanded · covert · stealthy · devious · surreptitious · shifty · artful · slick · sneaking · on the sly
snafflingreturning
Going back to origin
giving · relinquishing · surrendering · giving back · restoring