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Etymology

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out- +‎ snatch

Verb

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outsnatch (third-person singular simple present outsnatches, present participle outsnatching, simple past and past participle outsnatched)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in snatching.
    • 2016, Allan Graybyrd, Masi'shen Stranded:
      He'd thought it through and decided that he needed a swift reaction team to outsnatch the snatchers.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To snatch; to seize violently.