"snatching" in the verb sense
1. snatch, snatch up, snap
to grasp hastily or eagerly
"Before I could stop him the dog snatched the ham bone"
2. snatch
to make grasping motions
"the cat snatched at the butterflies"
3. kidnap, nobble, abduct, snatch
take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
"The industrialist's son was kidnapped"
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