grab game

English

Noun

the grab game (uncountable)

1. (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.