かっさらう

to nab

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かっさらう

〔素早く奪い取る･かっぱらう〕 snatch 《sb's handbag》 (and run); grab; carry sth off; walk away [off] with…; mug; 《口》 nab, swipe.

●彼は百万票をかっさらい, トップで当選した. He walked off with a million votes [grabbed a million votes] and came top in the election.

・無念にも初出場のチームに優勝をかっさらわれた. To our mortification we had victory snatched from us by a team taking part for the first time.

・泥棒はその日の売り上げ金を金庫ごとかっさらって行った. A thief ran off with [nabbed] the day's takings together with the safe they were in.