grab game

noun

noun

Archaic The practice of theft by grabbing or snatching property, such as a purse, from someone.

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 […]1887, Annals of Savannah, 1850-1937, page 441:

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