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Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Cecilia Bembibre, on Feb. 2011
The term snatch is a term that is used to represent the action that someone takes something from another person, either because that person had it or because the first got it before and "takes it out of the hands". The term snatch is a verb and depending on the region of Spain or Latin America it will be used more or less frequently.
We understand by snatching the act of removing or removing something, an object, a material element or something non-material (such as a love) to another person. The etymology of the term is of Latin origin since for this language the word "I will kidnap"meant" to kidnap. " Thus, the idea is generated that the verb snatch means precisely to kidnap something or someone when another person was going to obtain it.
There are specific situations or circumstances in which it is common hear the verb snatch and this is when one refers to theft, when a person takes something that another would grab, when it is spoken metaphorically. In this sense, it is common to say that someone snatched the bag from another person and here it will be meaning that this act of rapture supposes a robbery or a violent removal of possession in question. This act of rapture is of all those mentioned the only one that
sanction judicial as it is an illegal act.Then we have other types of uses of the term snatch, which is when a person takes something from someone's hands but without the intention of stealing it if not with the intention of taking it first. Finally, there are two metaphorical uses of the term snatch, which is when it is said, for example, "Pedro snatched the heart to Maria ", meaning that she stole her heart or made her fall in love with her. The second is when it is said that something was "snatched" in the sense that it lost volume, she was scared or scared.
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