Of the several reasons for his success as a purse snatcher, mobility was perhaps the most important.
And on the heels of that: Next time it won't be a purse snatcher.
"Father, I would have shot that purse snatcher the second he went for his pocket."
"I chased a purse snatcher on my second week here," he said.
Once we caught a team of purse snatchers right out here on the corner.
By the time she whirled around, the purse snatcher was already running down the street.
There's no way us purse snatchers should be included with that lot.
The purse snatcher looked left and right, but not up.
Nobody stayed around to watch what happened to the three purse snatchers.
"So, I guess you knew this guy was living back here, the purse snatcher?"