Hook and Snatch

Hook

Hook verb - To take (something) without right and with an intent to keep.

Usage example: the monkey hooked four bananas from the basket and scampered away to enjoy them

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Snatch and hook are semantically related in crimes topic. In some cases you can use "Snatch" instead the word "Hook" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: hooked, hookup, hooker, hooking, hooky

Snatch

Snatch verb - To take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly.

Usage example: the brazen seagull snatched the french fry right from my hand

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Synonyms for Snatch

Antonyms for Snatch

Hook and snatch are semantically related in crib topic. Sometimes you can use "Hook" instead the word "Snatch" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as crimes. archaic substitute

Nearby Words: snatching, snatched

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How words are described

original	original hook	original snatch
simple	simple hook	simple snatch
nasty	nasty hook	nasty snatch
little	little hook	little snatch

Common collocations

attention	hook attention	snatch attention
mark	hook mark	snatch mark
people	hook people	snatch people
moment	hook moment	snatch moment
Other words: fish, enemies, girls.

Both words in one sentence

Forest Whitaker's character in Smoke (1995) has lost his left arm in a car accident and wears an arm prosthesis with a snatch hook.

Source: Hook Hand
He later improvises a return mechanism by using the grappling dart technique, Zecter Hook, to snatch it back from the air.

Source: Anime / Gaiking: Legend of Daiku Maryu
When he royally pissed off Luffy, he tries his usual gimmick, only for Luffy to snatch him out of the air with a downward hook, taking Bellamy's light-speed momentum and turning it right towards the ground, taking him out in a single blow.

Source: Inertia Is a Cruel Mistress