"bag snatcher" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bag snatchers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bag snatcher (plural bag snatchers)
  1. (UK, Australia) A thief who snatches a handbag, shoulder bag, rucksack, etc., from the person carrying it. Tags: Australia, UK Translations (thief who snatches a handbag): segabosses [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), tasketyv [common-gender] (Danish), voleur à l’arrachée [masculine] (French), voleuse à l’arrachée [feminine] (French), Handtaschendieb [masculine] (German), Handtaschendiebin [feminine] (German), veskenapper [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), veskenappar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-bag_snatcher-en-noun-WEgk~yR4 Categories (other): Australian English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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