snatcher
Americannoun
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someone who snatches a person or thing; a thief or kidnapper.
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someone who entices another person into a relationship, often through manipulative or disloyal means.
Example Sentences
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The officers are then called to look for another potential snatcher seen in the area.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2025
Despite watching hours of speedruns and Let’s Plays before attempting Bloodborne on my own, I still felt the weirdly pleasing mix of horror, shock, and dread getting got by a snatcher for the first time.
From The Verge ● Feb. 28, 2022
Is she a well-meaning lonely soul or some kind of malevolent body snatcher?
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2021
The movie’s attitude toward its subject is essentially that of a body snatcher, assuming its victim’s outer form in order to destroy it from within.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2016
He wouldn’t be the first body snatcher to open a grave to find the face of a long-lost cousin or a dear friend.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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