snatchers
Those who seize
Snatchers is the plural of snatcher—one who snatches or grabs quickly.
Body snatchers historically stole corpses for medical dissection.
In contemporary use, snatchers often refers to thieves who grab items and flee: Purse snatchers target distracted tourists.
The term appears in compound forms: child snatcher, phone snatcher.
Those who steal merchandise
- pickpocketsThose who steal belongings
- thievesThose who commit larceny
- burglarsThose who illegally enter
- pilferersThose who steal trifles
robbers · smash-and-grab · larceny · heist · filch · swipe · nab · sneak thieves
Unlawful seizure of person
- kidnappersPeople who seize others
- abductorsThose who take unlawfully
- hostageCaptive held as security
- ransomPayment for captive's release
victim · trafficking · disappearance · missing · capture · seize · vanish · unlawful
shoplifters
Those who steal merchandise
- pickpocketsThose who steal belongings
- thievesThose who commit larceny
- burglarsThose who illegally enter
pilferers · robbers · smash-and-grab · larceny · heist · filch · swipe · nab · sneak thieves · opportunists
kidnapping
Unlawful seizure of person
- kidnappersPeople who seize others
- abductorsThose who take unlawfully
- hostageCaptive held as security
ransom · victim · trafficking · disappearance · missing · capture · seize · vanish · unlawful · detain
grabbers
Seizing tools or attention-getters
tongs · forceps · clamp · vice · gripper · seize · yank · pluck · wrench · clasp
snatchersgivers
Those who donate
donors · bestowers · providers · granters · benefactors
snatcherssurrenderers
Those who give up
returners · restorers · yielders · abandoners · liberators
- body snatchersThose who steal corpses
- cradle snatcherOne pursuing much younger partners
- snatched up
- purse snatcherOne who steals handbags
- bag snatcherOne who steals carried belongings
- crumb snatcherSlang for young child