snatcher

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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From snatch + -er.

I am the Toad, the motor-car snatcher, the prison-breaker, the Toad who always escapes! — The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame
It seems there's a kidnapper well known to the police all over the country as Dick the Snatcher. — The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
'I have grave doubts myself,' said Bunyip Bluegum, 'as to the sincerity of their repentance'; and Ben Brandysnap said that, speaking as a market gardener, his experience of carrot catchers, onion snatchers, pumpkin pouncers, and cabbage grabbers induced him to hold the opinion that shooting them with pea-rifles was the only sure way to make them feel remorse. — The Magic Pudding, Norman Lindsay

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