purse snatcher
Example Sentences
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Beneath that top story was the news of a halt to some bombings in Vietnam, division over school busing in Prince George’s County and the story of a local man killed fighting a purse snatcher.
From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2023
There is something quaintly Victorian about many of the crimes that the London unit has investigated: the artful pickpocket, the roving purse snatcher.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 15, 2016
The issue begins with Catwoman’s inner-monologue, mourning the death of a common purse snatcher.
From Forbes • May 7, 2013
Not that Mr. Hevesi is different from many a purse snatcher, in that he is a two-time loser.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2011
Not long ago, Gertrude Booker, 75, wrestled a husky teen-age purse snatcher to the ground before she decided that her pocketbook, which contained only bus fare, really was not worth fighting for.
From Time Magazine Archive
