English > snatcher: 2 senses > noun 2, person | Meaning | someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom). |
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| Synonyms | kidnapper, kidnaper, abductor |
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| Narrower | crimp, crimper | someone who tricks or coerces men into service as sailors / sailors or soldiers |
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| shanghaier, seizer | A kidnapper who drugs men and takes them for compulsory service aboard a ship |
| Broader | captor, capturer | A person who captures and holds people or animals |
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| criminal, felon, crook, outlaw, malefactor | someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
| Spanish | capturador, raptora, raptor, secuestradora, secuestrador |
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| Catalan | raptor, segrestador |
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| Verbs | snatch | take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom |
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