grab game

English

Noun

the grab game (uncountable)

(archaic) The practice of theft by grabbing or snatching property, such as a purse, from someone.
Synonym: snatch and run
- 1887, Annals of Savannah, 1850-1937, page 441:
  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 […]

References

“grab”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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