snatching
Grabbing something fast
Snatching is the present participle of snatch—grabbing quickly: Stop snatching things from your sister.
Body snatching is stealing corpses.
Taking forcible possession
- clutchingHolding tightly onto
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- pluckingRemoving by tugging
- yankingPulling abruptly
wrenching · catching · gripping · clasping · latching · scooping · nabbing · hooking
Unlawful seizure of person
- seizingTaking forcible possession
- grabbingTaking hold suddenly
- hostage-takingSeizing persons for demands
- traffickingIllegal transport for profit
captor · victim · ransom · amber alert · missing person · coercion · unlawful detention
Unlawful taking of property
- pilferingMinor, sneaky theft
- grabbingTaking hold suddenly
- shopliftingStealing store merchandise
- pickpocketingTheft from pockets
filching · purloining · pocketing · lifting · thievery · larceny · kleptomania · petty theft
Reserving for future use
- grabbingTaking hold suddenly
- pullingForce toward oneself
- pluckingRemoving by tugging
- whisking awayQuickly taking elsewhere
extracting · recovering · retrieving · liberating · quick save · lifesaving
- pouncingLeaping to attack
- swoopingDescending in curves
- capitalizingProfiting from circumstances
- exploitingUsing selfishly for benefit
Two-stage weightlifting technique
- barbellWeighted exercise apparatus
- powerliftingMaximal barbell competition sport
- grip strengthHand squeezing power
- techniqueSkilled way of performing
seizing
Taking forcible possession
yanking · wrenching · catching · gripping · clasping · latching · scooping · nabbing · hooking · tugging
abduction
Unlawful seizure of person
- seizingTaking forcible possession
- grabbingTaking hold suddenly
- hostage-takingSeizing persons for demands
trafficking · captor · victim · ransom · amber alert · missing person · coercion · unlawful detention
stealing
Unlawful taking of property
- pilferingMinor, sneaky theft
- grabbingTaking hold suddenly
- shopliftingStealing store merchandise
pickpocketing · filching · purloining · pocketing · lifting · thievery · larceny · kleptomania · petty theft · smash-and-grab
saving
Reserving for future use
whisking away · extracting · recovering · retrieving · liberating · quick save · lifesaving
quick grab
- pouncingLeaping to attack
- swoopingDescending in curves
- capitalizingProfiting from circumstances
clean and jerk
Two-stage weightlifting technique
- barbellWeighted exercise apparatus
- powerliftingMaximal barbell competition sport
- grip strengthHand squeezing power
technique · competition · weightlifter · platform · personal record
- action verbsrun, jump, chase, grab, climb
- theftstealing, larceny, steal, burglary, robbery
- acquiringobtaining, getting, grabbing, seizing, taking
- eager actionsrushing, lunging, grabbing, leaping, pouncing
- graspinggrasping, apprehending, comprehending, understanding, catching
- reaching actionsstretching, grasping, grabbing, extending, lunging
snatchingreleasing
Allowing to escape
relinquishing · letting go · surrendering · giving · dropping
snatchingoffering
Something presented or given
presenting · bestowing · donating · gifting · entrusting
- purse snatchingTheft of handbags
- child snatchingForcibly taking a minor
- bag snatchingStealing carried belongings forcibly
- snatching defeat from the jaws of victoryLosing when winning seemed guaranteed
- baby snatchingAbducting an infant
- phone snatchingStealing handheld electronics quickly