A person or thing that quickly grabs or takes something, often without permission.
From 'snatch' (to grab quickly) + '-er' (one who does). 'Snatch' likely comes from Middle English and possibly Scandinavian roots, first appearing in the 1400s.
The word 'body snatcher' became infamous in 18th-century Edinburgh when the criminal Burke and Hare killed people to sell their bodies to medical schools—the term stuck around as a reminder of how one word can carry a crime's dark history.
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