dragnet vs snatch

dragnet

verb
  • To make heightened efforts to catch a suspect. 

  • To drag a net across the bottom of a body of water. 

noun
  • Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects. 

  • A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water. 

snatch

verb
  • To attempt to seize something suddenly. 

  • To steal. 

  • To take (a victory) at the last moment. 

  • To take or seize hastily, abruptly, or without permission or ceremony. 

  • To do something quickly in the limited time available. 

  • To grasp and remove quickly. 

noun
  • A short period. 

  • A competitive weightlifting event in which a barbell is lifted from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. 

  • Rapid, uncommanded jerking or oscillation of the ailerons of some aircraft at high Mach numbers, resulting from shock wave formation at transonic speeds. 

  • A quick grab or catch. 

  • The vulva. 

  • A piece of some sound, usually music or conversation. 

How often have the words dragnet and snatch occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )