snatcher

IPA: snˈætʃɝ

Examples of "snatcher" in Sentences

I am so right there with you on this whole invation of the body snatcher age.
The blood-red rosette of Nero entitled the snatcher of it to one hundred francs.
Posted on January 23, 2009 by archiearchive FCD In Greek mythology, the Harpy was a death spirit, a "snatcher".
TRAINEE: Look, boss, I have captured this purse snatcher in the act, recovered the purse and present this criminal for appropriate disposition.
And if it weren't for the fact that the snatcher was a fellow South Carolinian, the Secretary of Education, I don't know I'd be wild about this.
"Cradle-snatcher," was the final sting that sent the angry blood into Saxon's cheeks as the two girls moved away, unaware that they had been overheard.
I heard this among the men of the city horse-cars, where the conductor is often call'd a "snatcher" (i.e. because his characteristic duty is to constantly pull or snatch the bell-strap, to stop or go on.)
(The new trainee detective in a Paris district has, upon his first day on duty, captured a purse snatcher in the act, apprehended him and brought the purse snatcher and his female victim to the police station to press charges against the fiend)