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snatch squads

snatch squads is the plural of snatch squad.

Meaning of snatch squad

Noun

snatch squad (plural snatch squads)

  1. (UK) A group of police officers who rush forward in formation so as to apprehend an individual from a crowd.
    • There have been numerous reports of snatch squads detaining men on the street and drafting them into the army.2022 September 19, Luke Harding, “Russia no longer has full control of Luhansk as Ukraine recaptures village”, in The Guardian

Questions about snatch squads

What is snatch squads the plural of?
Snatch squads is the plural of snatch squad.

Words near snatch squads in the dictionary

  1. snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
  2. snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory
  3. snatch loading
  4. snatch someone's edges
  5. snatch squad
  6. snatch squads
  7. snatch the pebble
  8. snatch victory from the jaws of defeat
  9. snatch'd
  10. snatchable
  11. snatchback

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