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purse-snatching
noun as in robbery
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Yet, between August 15 and 18, at the height of the summer holidays, more than 50 people were arrested for purse snatching.
"It was an accident—nothing more or less," she rejoined, with an air of dismissing finally the purse-snatching episode.
These lessons were in shoplifting, pocket picking, purse snatching and other forms of larceny requiring skill and deftness.
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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to purse-snatching, such as: break in, burglary, embezzlement, felony, heist, and holdup.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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