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snatch-back
snatch-back n.
Brit. 
/ˈsnatʃbak/
, /ˈsnatʃbak/U.S. /ˈsnætʃˌbæk/
the action of taking back; also attributive; (see also quot. 1905)./ˈsnætʃˌbæk/ΘΠ
the mind > possession > taking > [noun] > taking back or again
retaking1436
gain-taking1538
reassumption1611
replevin1619
withdrawment1640
retrotraction1673
resumption1694
retrosusception1827
take-back1873
snatch-back1905
1905 Dial. Notes 3 94 Snatchback, change for the worse in circumstances... ‘That's a snatchback for him.’
1949 New Statesman 24 Dec. 750/3 The distress caused by the snatch-back is no less tragic than would be suffered by natural parents who were forcibly deprived of their children.
1962 A. Sampson Anat. Brit. xxiii. 377 Hire-purchase..companies..could be ruthless in enforcing ‘snatch-backs’ if payments had lapsed.
1965 E. Gundrey Foot in Door xvii. 123 ‘Snatchback’ machines, that is ones which had to be returned to dealers by people who failed to keep up their H.P. payments.
1979 H. S. Kent In on Act ix. 101 The main objects of the Bill were, first, to make sure that the hire-purchaser knew what he was paying..secondly, to restrict the seller's rights to ‘snatch back’ the goods on default... The most dear to Ellen's heart was the ban on the snatch-back.
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