What's the difference between raider and snatcher?

Raider


Definition:

  • (n.) One who engages in a raid.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We have Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris coming to those platforms this December, and Tomb Raider: The Definitive Edition is available on PS4.” However, there is still some slight ambiguity about whether the deal is for Winter 2015 only.
  • (2) Ian Livingstone is not all that keen on being photographed near the life-sized model of Lara Croft in his study – even though he was largely responsible for launching her on the world nearly 20 years ago, and the heroine of the Tomb Raider video games, comics and films helped to make his fortune.
  • (3) On Sunday, Foles did something that only six other players have achieved in NFL history, throwing for seven touchdowns in a single game as the Eagles obliterated the Oakland Raiders 49-20 .
  • (4) Relying on Hitler for an analogy makes people sound as if their history lessons were limited to Indiana Jones And The Raiders Of The Lost Ark.
  • (5) Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) Terrelle Pryor's 93-yard TD run is the longest rushing play in Raiders history.
  • (6) He played in just four games for the Raiders, recording three tackles.
  • (7) The mood changes when a robot messenger controlled by Ultron arrives and mocks the superheroes, moments before a horde of raiders smashes into the building.
  • (8) "We like his athleticism," said the Raiders' head coach, Dennis Allen.
  • (9) In a giffa, anything goes: the raiders can arrest people in the street or at home.
  • (10) Outside the tax ministry, drum-banging, bell-clanging protesters from the Anti-Raider League of Entrepreneurs, an anti-corruption group, alleged that crooked officials from the previous administration had merely been shuffled around.
  • (11) Huthart, who is British, worked with Jolie on movies including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Salt and Mr and Mrs Smith.
  • (12) At a press conference ahead of the Gamescom video game event in Cologne, Crystal Dynamics studio head Darrell Gallagher took to the stage to confirm that Rise of the Tomb Raider, follow-up to last year’s critically acclaimed reboot of the long-running action adventure series, will be “exclusive to Xbox”.
  • (13) If you're a Raiders fan, well, you need to work on your grammar.
  • (14) The Raiders are also in this game I've been told by people I trust but I'll have to take their word on this.
  • (15) His statements take some unpacking, and for fans of the Tomb Raider series they're not encouraging.
  • (16) Jolie - who starred in Tomb Raider, which was shot in neighbouring Cambodia - and Pitt have three children.
  • (17) The Miami Dolphins have just traded for the No.3 slot from the Raiders... 1.31am BST Reaction Cutting response to that pick from former Ravens head coach Brian Billick: 1.29am BST Raiders on the clock... 1.28am BST Paolo's verdict on Luke Joeckel Paolo says: So I guess the Jaguars like burgers too.
  • (18) He was the second victim of raiders following an appearance on the MTV show after former England goalkeeper Ian Walker was also targeted.
  • (19) Still in her nightgown, she was carried to a small boat before the raiders sped away.
  • (20) Obviously games mattered to the crowd, who cheered Jobs's announcement that 12 current games, including Tomb Raider III, StarCraft, Heretic 2, Age of Empires, Quake and Quest for Glory 5 would be out on the Mac within the next 120 days.

Snatcher


Definition:

  • (n.) One who snatches, or takes abruptly.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Nobody tells you how to placate the angry parents who think they’ve encountered the world’s frailest child-snatcher.
  • (2) QT: A series that I would like to put a spin on is the Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
  • (3) I recently saw Master Moves Mickey advertised on television and screamed like Donald Sutherland at the end of Invasion of the Body Snatchers .
  • (4) While it clearly demonstrates that they are not all child snatchers - and, indeed, take great lengths to keep families together - the series does little to dispel other stereotypical views of the profession as scruffily dressed, uncaring or negligent.
  • (5) I’m serious – it was like invasion of the body-snatchers.
  • (6) The coalition government was accused of making policy "on the hoof" yesterday after plans to remove free milk for the under-fives were summarily dropped by David Cameron amid fears it would remind voters of the "Thatcher milk snatcher" episode of the 1970s.
  • (7) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close Personally, my favourite Nokia handset was the 7110 with the spring-loaded cover (as seen in the "The Matrix") Sadly our love affair was ended by a London bag-snatcher back in 2001 ( yes, I'm still cross about it ).
  • (8) He emptied two Uzi magazines on him.” “Our job was to kill criminals, rapists, [drug] pushers and snatchers.
  • (9) Lesson from 1971 Margaret Thatcher earned the unflattering sobriquet "Thatcher, Thatcher, milk snatcher" as education secretary in Edward Heath's government with the decision to axe free school milk for the over-sevens in 1971.
  • (10) The outfits sold on that occasion were those worn by her at the beginning of her career – when, in the words of a Christie’s expert, she acquired her ‘milk snatcher’ tag.
  • (11) As I write, the two top stories on the site are: “Pictured: The white gunman who shot dead NINE people in mass ‘race-hate’ shooting at historic black church in Carolina before sparing one woman and telling her, ‘Tell the world what happened’”; and “‘Romanian’ child-snatchers are caught trying to kidnap British children at Cyprus hotel by luring them into cars while disguised as waiters.” You get the idea.
  • (12) Thirty years ago, Jim Callaghan's useless Labour government was trounced by a certified snatcher of children's milk.
  • (13) That, or it's pods in the basement, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers-style, and "you're next!"
  • (14) "Bush's bodyguards couldn't handle San Telmo purse-snatcher," read a headline on the website of the country's official news agency, Telam, which said an unnamed government source had confirmed the ABC report, which was posted on their website.
  • (15) Last Monday, News Corp revealed in the Australian newspaper that it was taking legal action against the Daily Mail and accused its journalists of being “copy snatchers and parasites”.
  • (16) Her only concession to the Treasury was to withdraw free school milk for seven- to 11-year-olds, a gift to political opponents (who skilfully conjured the image of a woman withholding her teats from babies) that earned her the soubriquet "milk-snatcher".
  • (17) News Corp Australia has taken aim at its new local online competitor Daily Mail Australia, accusing the news website of plagiarism and labelling its journalists “copy snatchers and parasites”.
  • (18) This earned her the moniker "Thatcher, Thatcher milk-snatcher": she might as well have snatched the dummies out of babies' mouths, so loud was the outcry.
  • (19) Contrary to the view that social workers are simply child snatchers, the programme shows the complexity and challenges of working with damaged individuals and families, demonstrates that social workers are human, and captures the hostility that many encounter.
  • (20) Later, it was the “milk snatcher” policies of then education minister, Margaret Thatcher, that galvanised me into action.

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