The thief snatched at my purse

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• snatch — snatch1 [snætʃ] v [T] [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: Perhaps from Middle Dutch snacken; SNACK2] 1.) to take something away from someone with a quick, often violent, movement = ↑grab ▪ The thief snatched her purse and ran. snatch sth away/back from sb… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• snatch — 1 verb (T) 1 to take something away from someone with a quick violent movement; grab 1 (1): The thief snatched her purse and ran. 2 to quickly take the opportunity to do something for an hour etc because you do not have much time: I managed to… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• pen´niless|ness — pen|ni|less «PEHN ee lihs», adjective. without a cent of money; very poor: »The thief snatched my purse and left me penniless in the big city. SYNONYM(S): destitute, indigent. See syn. under poor. (Cf. ↑poor) –pen´ni|less|ly, adverb.… …   Useful english dictionary

• pen´ni|less|ly — pen|ni|less «PEHN ee lihs», adjective. without a cent of money; very poor: »The thief snatched my purse and left me penniless in the big city. SYNONYM(S): destitute, indigent. See syn. under poor. (Cf. ↑poor) –pen´ni|less|ly, adverb.… …   Useful english dictionary

• pen|ni|less — «PEHN ee lihs», adjective. without a cent of money; very poor: »The thief snatched my purse and left me penniless in the big city. SYNONYM(S): destitute, indigent. See syn. under poor. (Cf. ↑poor) –pen´ni|less|ly, adverb. –pen´niless|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

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• THEFT AND ROBBERY — (Heb. גְּנֵבָה וּגְזֵלָה). An object which is in the possession of a person without the consent of its owner or any other person having a right thereto, when that person knows – or should know – that the latter does not consent, is considered to… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• snatch — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ brief VERB + SNATCH ▪ catch, hear, overhear ▪ We caught snatches of conversation from the room next door. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• take — 1 Take, seize, grasp, clutch, snatch, grab are comparable when they mean to get hold of by or as if by reaching out the arm or hand. Take is not only the most general but also the only colorless term in this group. In ordinary use, especially… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• American Dreamer (film) — American Dreamer is a 1984 American film starring JoBeth Williams and Tom Conti. It was directed by Rick Rosenthal from a script by Ann Biderman, David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf. An American housewife wins a trip to Paris in a mystery writing… …   Wikipedia

• snatchable — adjective Capable of being snatched. The thief regarded the purse dangling from the old ladys hand as entirely snatchable …   Wiktionary