purse-snatchers

I would have loved to see these purse-snatchers be brought to justice and put in jail (my liberal side) but really, we all know that's not gunna happen.

Boing Boing 2008

Occasionally they're glory hounds rather than purse-snatchers.

Making Light: The "agency model" as I understand it 2010

Minute Men, like purse-snatchers, prey on the slow and frail.

Jonathan Littman: Tips to Survive the Cubemate from Hell 2009

Soon, however, partitions will be built between stations: not for privacy but because the store was initially a magnet for pickpockets and purse-snatchers.

The Future Of Internet Cafes 2007

I wonder if purse-snatchers mark their territory like burglars do - a quick poo in the coin pocket and maybe a wank over the photo of your loved ones.

Meta-post megaroast amuchmoreexotic 2004

The noon news broadcast on Channel Seven opened the following items in sequence...the near rape of a 14 year old girl from Lowell in her own bed, a flasher on Jamaica Pond, purse-snatchers on Newbury Street, the Israeli Hezbollah cease fire and a truck load of dead puppies out on the highway.

The Chimes at Midnight 2006

Nobody complains that we punish murderers or purse-snatchers for “thought crimes”.

On Hate Crime Statutes 2006

Nobody complains that we punish murderers or purse-snatchers for “thought crimes”.

On Hate Crime Statutes 2006

I wonder if purse-snatchers mark their territory like burglars do - a quick poo in the coin pocket and maybe a wank over the photo of your loved ones.

amuchmoreexotic: Incroyable! amuchmoreexotic 2004

She had her purse with her, slung crosswise over her shoulder, SOP in New York to deter purse-snatchers, but she wasn't sure how the toll-booth attendants would react to her furry passenger.

Music To My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005