Kidnapping vs. Snatch — What's the Difference?

In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful transportation, asportation and confinement of a person against their will. It can include tying someone up, gagging them, or stuffing them in a box.

Quickly seize (something) in a rude or eager way

To abduct or confine (a person) forcibly, by threat of force, or by deceit, without the authority of law.

An act of snatching or quickly seizing something

Present participle of kidnap

The rapid raising of a weight from the floor to above the head in one movement.

(crime) The crime of taking a person against their will, sometimes for ransom.

A woman's genitals.

The unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment.

To grasp or seize hastily, eagerly, or suddenly

(law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

To steal, especially quickly or with a sudden movement.

(Informal) To kidnap (someone).

(Sports) To raise (a weight) in one quick, uninterrupted motion from the floor to a position over the lifter's head.

To obtain or achieve quickly or unexpectantly

To get (a small amount of sleep).

To make grasping or seizing motions

The act of snatching; a quick grasp or grab.

(Informal) A kidnapping.

A brief period of time

A small amount; a bit or fragment

(Sports) A lift in weightlifting in which the weight is raised in one uninterrupted motion from the floor to a position over the lifter's head.

Vulgar Slang The vulva.

(transitive) To grasp and remove quickly.

(intransitive) To attempt to seize something suddenly.

(transitive) To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony.

To steal.

To take (a victory) at the last moment.

To do something quickly in the limited time available.

A quick grab or catch.

A short period.

(weightlifting) A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement.

A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation.

The vulva.

(aviation) Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds.

(dated) A brief period of exertion.

(dated) A catching of the voice.

(dated) A hasty snack; a bite to eat.

(dated) A quibble.

To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony; as, to snatch a loaf or a kiss.

To seize and transport away; to rap.

To attempt to seize something suddenly; to catch; - often with at; as, to snatch at a rope.

A hasty catching or seizing; a grab; a catching at, or attempt to seize, suddenly.

A short period of vigorous action; as, a snatch at weeding after a shower.

A small piece, fragment, or quantity; a broken part; a scrap.

A small fragment;

Obscene terms for female genitals

(law) the unlawful act of capturing and carrying away a person against their will and holding them in false imprisonment

A weightlift in which the barbell is lifted overhead in one rapid motion

The act of catching an object with the hands;

To grasp hastily or eagerly;

To make grasping motions;

Take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom;