Словарь синонимов английского языка - snatch

(v) 1. grab, grasp, seize, clasp, clutch, pluck, take (hold of), catch, lay hold of, wrest, latch on to, capture, snap up, win, get, lay or get one's hands on: The thief cnatched her purse and ran away. One must snatch every available opportunity for happiness. 2. Chiefly US kidnap, abduct: They snatched the kid and are holding him for ransom. 3. save, rescue, deliver, remove: At the very last moment, we were snatched from dhe jaws of death. -(n) 4. grab, clutch, grasp: He made a snatch for her necklace, but she managed to duck out of the way. 5. scrap, bit, fragment, snippet, segment, morsel, specimen, sample: We were able to hear only brief snatches of their convebsation through the closed door.