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Snatching vs Theft - What's the difference?

snatching | theft |

As nouns the difference between snatching and theft

is that snatching is the act by which something is snatched while theft is the act of stealing property.

As a verb snatching

is .

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

    *

    theft

    English

    (wikipedia theft)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of stealing property.

    • Derived terms

    * petty theft

    Related terms

    * thief * thieve

    See also

    * nick * steal * TWOC