grab game en · NOUN
Meanings
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(archaic, uncountable) The practice of theft by grabbing or snatching property, such as a purse, from someone.
SMN October 16 , 1887: 8/1 - Philip Henry an athletic young Negro, tried the grab game in Falk & Sons' clothing house last night, and will be called upon in Police Court to-morrow to explain […]
1887, Annals of Savannah, 1850-1937, page 441:
Forms
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| the grab game | canonical | lexicographic |