snatcher
One who grabs
A snatcher is someone who grabs something quickly, often by force or stealth.
Purse snatchers and phone snatchers specialize in seizing valuables and fleeing.
The word extends to any quick grabber: a cookie snatcher, a nap snatcher.
Body snatcher historically meant someone who stole corpses, especially for medical dissection.
One who takes captives
- abductionUnlawful seizure of person
- ransomPayment for captive's release
- hostageCaptive held as security
- victimOne harmed by another
captor · captive · missing · seize · grab · vanish · trafficking · rescue
One who steals
- pickpocketThief who steals carried items
- shoplifterOne who steals merchandise
- burglarOne who breaks in
- robberOne who steals by force
pilferer · swiper · smash-and-grab · opportunist · heist · loot · filch · pocket
abductor
One who takes captives
- abductionUnlawful seizure of person
- ransomPayment for captive's release
- hostageCaptive held as security
victim · captor · captive · missing · seize · grab · vanish · trafficking · rescue · dognapper
thief
One who steals
- pickpocketThief who steals carried items
- shoplifterOne who steals merchandise
- burglarOne who breaks in
robber · pilferer · swiper · smash-and-grab · opportunist · heist · loot · filch · pocket · swipe
- pickpocketspickpocket, cutpurse, dip
- thievesthief, robber, burglar, pickpocket, shoplifter
- kidnappersabductor, hostage taker, captor, ransomer
- body snatchersThose who steal corpses
- cradle snatcherOne pursuing much younger partners
- snatched up
- snatch and grabRapid forcible theft
- purse snatcherOne who steals handbags
- purse snatchingTheft of handbags
snatch, snatched, snatching, snatches, snatchers, snatchable