Verb

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(lb) To steal from, especially using force or violence.

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(lb) To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.

*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

*:I never robbed the soldiers of their pay.

To deprive (of).

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*:Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy […] distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its savour.

To burgle.

*2008 , National Public Radio, All Things Considered , Sept 4, 2008

*:Her house was robbed .

(lb) To commit robbery.

(lb) To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from.

*{{quote-news, year=2011, date=September 28, author=Tom Rostance, work=BBC Sport

, title= Arsenal 2-1 Olympiakos , passage=Kevin Mirallas then robbed Bacary Sagna to run into the area and draw another save from Szczesny as the Gunners held on to lead at the break.}}

Verb

To grasp quickly.

To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch.

To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.

to snatch a kiss

* Alexander Pope

when half our knowledge we must snatch , not take

To grasp and remove quickly.

* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 2

"How many times have I told you?" she cried, and seized him and snatched his stick away from him.

* Thomson

Snatch me to heaven.

To steal.

(by extension) To take a victory at the last moment.

* {{quote-news, year=2012, date=May 13, author=Alistair Magowan, work=BBC Sport

, title= Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd , passage=But, with United fans in celebratory mood as it appeared their team might snatch glory, they faced an anxious wait as City equalised in stoppage time.}}

To do something quickly due to limited time available.

* , chapter=10

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}