Meaning of snatched in English

(Definition of snatched from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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snatched
I am glad to have the opportunity in the final debate before the recess to raise the subject of the problem of tracing snatched children.
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Finally, there is a third deficiency, and that is the question of the tracing of snatched children.
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I have made some inquiries as to this possibility but have concluded that since there are some 20,000 schools, it would not be a practicable way of tracing snatched children.
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Port came back to trail by only two points going into the last quarter of the game and snatched victory by three points.
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Karthik, in return, accompanies her to a police station to get back her snatched handbag.
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He was also accused of snatched a club from a policeman and hit the policeman with it.
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At present, the head of elderly than figure how one of the arms of his shield heraldry, demonstrate and perpetuates in all fairness the snatched title.
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Soren and other snatched owlets are enslaved into tasks such as sorting eggs and pellets, for reasons they don't quite understand.
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