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third-person singular simple present snams, present participle snamming, simple past and past participle snammed
(transitive, Scotland) To snatch with the jaws; snap at something greedily. examples
(transitive, UK, slang, obsolete) To steal; snatch. quotations
He has been lagged for beaker hunting, was a mushroom faker, has been on the steel for snamming a wedge sneezer; […]
1859, Snowden's Magistrates Assistant, page 497
(transitive, UK, slang, obsolete) To rob (a person). quotations
I on'y meant fur to snam (rob) him, and on'y giv' him a tightener, when somethin' come dancing and shreeking down the road, and I vamoosed.
1880, Henry Spicer, Winged Words, page 144