As nouns the difference between robbery and snatching
is that robbery is the act or practice of robbing while snatching is the act by which something is snatched.
As a verb snatching is
present participle of lang=en.
robbery
English
Noun
(robberies)
The act or practice of robbing.
(legal) The offense of attempting to take the property of another by threat of force.
Hypernyms
(attempt of taking the property of another by threat) larceny
Hyponyms
; attempt of taking the property of another by threat
* piracy, armed robbery, aggravated robbery, highway robbery, mugging, carjacking, extortion, stick-up (slang), blagging (slang), steaming (slang)
Related terms
* armed robbery
* rob
* robber
* daylight robbery
* strong-arm robbery
snatching
English
Verb
(head)
Noun
(
en noun)
The act by which something is snatched.
- Three purse snatchings in the park were reported this week.
Anagrams
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