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PRONUNCIATION OF SNATCH SQUAD

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SNATCH SQUAD

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Snatch squad is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SNATCH SQUAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of snatch squad in the English dictionary

The definition of snatch squad in the dictionary is a squad of soldiers or police trained to deal with demonstrations by picking out and arresting the alleged ringleaders.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SNATCH SQUAD

snarler
snarling
snarlingly
snarly
snary
snash
snaste
snatch
snatch block
snatch one´s time
snatcher
snatchier
snatchiest
snatchily
snatchingly
snatchy
snath
snathe
snazzier
snazziest

WORDS THAT END LIKE SNATCH SQUAD

bunco squad
Crime Squad
death squad
demolition squad
drug squad
drugs squad
firing squad
flying squad
Fraud Squad
godsquad
hit squad
Murder Squad
Narcotics Squad
Obscene Publications Squad
quad
riot squad
squad
vice squad

Synonyms and antonyms of snatch squad in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «snatch squad» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SNATCH SQUAD

Find out the translation of snatch squad to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of snatch squad from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «snatch squad» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

抢夺阵容
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escuadrón de arrebatar
570 millions of speakers

English

snatch squad
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टीम छीनना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خطف المنتخب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

вырвать отряд
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

arrebatar squad
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছিনতাই স্কোয়াড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

arracher équipe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Skuad ragut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schnappen Kader
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

分隊を奪う
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

팀 날치기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Squad entuk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cướp đội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்னாட்ச் அணி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्नॅच स्क्वाड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Takımını kaçırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

snatch squad
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wyrwać drużynę
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

вирвати загін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

smulge echipă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αρασέ ομάδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ruk span
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rycka truppen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

snappe troppen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of snatch squad

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SNATCH SQUAD»

The term «snatch squad» is barely ever used and occupies the 199.871 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SNATCH SQUAD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about snatch squad

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SNATCH SQUAD»

Discover the use of snatch squad in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to snatch squad and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Snatch Squad
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
2
Greater Tuna
We need to send out a snatch squad . . . Well, we do. We need to send out a book -snatchin' squad to the Tuna High School Library to check those dictionaries. Now, we have a new list of words that have been declared possibly offensive or ...
Jaston Williams, 1983
3
The SAS Fighting Techniques Handbook
Terry White. AMBUSH AREA 250 H , 6-tOtt • SECURITY ELEMENT f RADIO OPERATOR A SNATCH SQUAD I CLAYMORE MINES (AMBUSH) CLAYMORE MINES (DELAY). The. small. ambush. The small ambush is used to harass enemy ...
Terry White, 2007
4
Gideon's Spies: The Secret History of the Mossad
... CIA snatch squad could try to grab him as he came and went from Cuba and bring him to Washington for questioning, and there was no way of telling what would happen then; but the discovery of Mega's existence would also be exercising ...
Gordon Thomas, 2010
5
Policing Industrial Disputes, 1893 to 1985
164 One Commandant of a police training college said that he would have his snatch squad mingling with the pickets in plain clothes, but other officers disagreed with this approach. It was argued that plainclothes men would not have the ...
Roger Geary, 1985
6
The Bad Tuesdays 2: Strange Energy: Bad Tuesdays: Book Two
The door was shut now and standing in front of it was the woman with the long yellow hair and glassy red eyes who had also been part of the snatch squad. Her slender body was absolutely still. She didn't even blink. She just kept staring in ...
Benjamin J. Myers, 2009
7
The General: Irish Mob Boss
The IRA snatch squad cocked their weapons. The van turned into the Phoenix Park at the main entrance from Conyngham Road. One of the Garda cars drove up on the van's right side and Hick tried to ram it off the road. Garda Tighe's car also ...
Paul Williams, 2004
8
Soft Target III : Jerusalem:
The snatch squad were halfway downthestairs, and everything was goinglike clockwork. This wasa textbook extraction. Japey moved the pistol fromthe darkness behind the descending team,aimed atthe lead man and fired. The nine millimetre ...
Conrad Jones, 2014
9
Shadow of the Scorpion: A Novel of the Polity
stand "Snatch squad." Cormac felt stupid. Was he just going to here repeating everything the dronewas telling him? "Therewas no timeor resources to bespared totryandfind those who weretaken. Iwantedto find him,but I couldnot be spared, ...
Neal Asher, 2008
10
Endgame
He had been incredibly lucky. He had been approaching the Doctor's flat with an augmented snatch squad, one large enough to overcome even the Doctor. The members of the squad were equipped with the newly-issued silenced weapons.
Terrance Dicks, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SNATCH SQUAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term snatch squad is used in the context of the following news items.
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Snatch squad: Police had Argyll Arcade heist members under …
Snatch squad: Police had Argyll Arcade heist members under surveillance before they raided bank with axes. 07:36, 16 June 2015; By Alan McEwen ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jun 15»
2
We Watched Anti-Tory Protesters Battle with Police Outside …
This video suggests that the spark was a police snatch squad that waded into the crowd, roughly arresting people. However, it took a while for the aggro to ... «VICE, May 15»
3
Strangeways riot ringleader Alan Lord says he's turning his life …
When he was ambushed and captured by a snatch squad, it signalled the beginning of the end of the drama. Now aged 53, Lord is running a gym in his ... «Manchester Evening News, Mar 15»
4
British Special Forces set up snatch squad to rescue Jordan's pilots
Britain's Special Forces have set up a crack unit to rescue pilots who crash in Islamic State territory before they can be captured. It follows the shocking news that ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
5
New developments in Kobane strengthen the Islamic State
Meanwhile, Greenhill reports that the latest “invention” of the Islamic State in the region is the establishment of “Jihadi Snatch Squads” which are described as ... «Communities Digital News, Oct 14»
6
How the UK imported the Hong Kong Police's riot control tactics
The recent use of riot squads with short shields and tear gas (and with rubber ... with short shields to charge at the crowd, with snatch squads making arrests. «The Conversation UK, Oct 14»
7
Tube cleaners stand up to Big Brother
In 2013, a UKBA snatch squad raided Waterloo station and took night-shift cleaners away from work. The introduction of biometric machines was announced 18 ... «Workers' Liberty, Jun 14»
8
World Cup 2014: England's youngsters showed zest, spirit and …
Twenty years ago, an army of boisterous, presumptuous, three-lioned invaders would have set off to an international tournament like a snatch squad. When the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»
9
MI6 closing in on WPC Yvonne Fletcher's killer on 30th anniversary …
An SAS snatch squad is on stand-by to seize former top-ranking Libyan official Matouk Mohamed Matouk, thought to be in his late 50s. The Foreign Office ... «Mirror.co.uk, Apr 14»
10
Our duty to refugee women is to care - not lock them up and treat …
They had both been woken at dawn at their family home by an immigration snatch squad. Today, she is here as a 20-year-old campaigner, but the smell of the ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jan 14»

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