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Snatcher

noun

A thief who grabs and runs.

Someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom). Synonyms: abductor, kidnaper, kidnapper.

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"Snatcher" Quotes from Famous Books

... not have suited what I have to do in town. I cannot tell you why. The affair is complex. I have to settle it, if I can, so that neither Logan nor any one else—except the body-snatcher and polite letter-writer—shall ever know how ...

— The Disentanglers • Andrew Lang

... got to start easy, you know. You want to start easy, so's to make the climax worth something. Now, let's see! Well, suppose you walk up to him and say, "You spawn of the pike-eyed sneak that Herod hired to kill babies, you low-down, contemptible son of a body-snatcher, you was born a murderer, but lacked the courage and became a horse-thief!" There, Sol, start in easy like that and gradually work up to a climax, and you'll have him going—and all inside the ...

— The Ramrodders - A Novel • Holman Day

Words linked to "Snatcher" : seizer, thief, outlaw, crimp, stealer, felon, malefactor, shanghaier, body snatcher, captor, crook, snatch, criminal, capturer, crimper