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purse snatcher

noun as in pickpocket

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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.

In 1985, Ms. Field recalled an early show performed at a playground in Brooklyn, in which Mr. Bartenieff played a purse snatcher and she portrayed a youngster who screams.

Tackle a purse snatcher on the street?

Somehow, the purse snatcher managed to quietly open my car door, pull the purse out and make an escape without being noticed.

An alleged purse snatcher picked the wrong grocery store to commit his crime.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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