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Definition of bag snatcher in English: bag snatchernoun British A thief who steals a handbag from the person carrying it. Example sentencesExamples - Police have nabbed a would-be bag snatcher but the identity of his intended victim remains a mystery.
- Someone who steals from the vulnerable, such as a bag snatcher targeting a pensioner, pregnant women or tourist, could be given a community order, although the starting point would be 18 weeks in jail.
- There were certainly challenges that came with living here: such as having to be on constant watch for hijackers and bag snatchers and home invaders.
- In a violent altercation in Barcelona with a Moroccan bag snatcher last month I came out with a torrent of extremely filthy Italian which I did not know I knew.
- The scheme is part of a campaign to bring people back to the parks, which in the past have provided hiding places for under-age drinkers, drug addicts, sex attackers and bag snatchers.
- The bag snatcher was described as white, in his 30s, with fair, sandy hair.
- I've become acutely aware of pickpockets and bag snatchers.
- Extra police officers have been patrolling the streets of Bolton town centre over the festive season in a crackdown on pickpockets, car thieves and bag snatchers.
- There were two vehicles in the area at the time, on patrol for a bag snatcher, and they arrived at the scene minutes after the accident.
- One of the interesting facts about travel is that you are generally safer - at least from petty crime - in places where tourists do not go, as the pickpockets and bag snatchers that prey on tourists do not exist in such places.
- Elderly people have been warned about a serial bag snatcher after a 90-year-old woman became the latest town centre victim.
- The constables were patrolling Redfern, on the lookout for a bag snatcher, when they came across the body at the end of a lane.
- The first thing bag snatchers do is throw away anything that might identify the owner.
- In the UK street-skaters are seen as nascent bag-snatchers and hit-and-run assassins in training.
- Magdalena identified her bag, and the bag snatchers.
- In France, Britons are warned to look out for bag snatchers, muggers, burglars and pickpockets, all targeting tourists.
- Cyclists in York are being warned to be on their guard after ride-by bag snatchers struck in the city again.
Synonyms thief, petty thief, sneak thief |