snatch and run
Seize then bolt
Snatch and run is a quick theft where someone grabs an item and flees immediately—no stealth, no lingering: A guy on a bike did a snatch and run with her phone.
The technique relies on speed and surprise rather than concealment.
Also appears as snatch-and-run, especially as an adjective: a snatch-and-run robbery.
- shopliftingStealing store merchandise
- swipeQuick sliding motion
- petty crimeMinor legal violation
- crimePunishable illegal act
- stealTake without permission
purloin · five finger discount · theft · flee · make a break · on the run · smash and grab · opportunist · sprint · dash · quick getaway · elusive · chase · larceny · evade · grab · grab and run · pickpocketing
snatch and runlong con
Protracted, elaborate swindle
inside job · white-collar crime · embezzlement · con job · casing the joint
snatch and runpurchase
Goods obtained for payment
buy · fair trade · paid for · rightful ownership · rightful claim
snatch and rungive away
Provide at no cost
donate · leave behind · hand over · relinquish · surrender
runner, running, snatch, outrun, snatched, runners, snatching, outran, snatches