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snarf

(snärf)

tr.v. snarfed, snarf·ing, snarfs Slang

To eat or drink rapidly or eagerly; devour: snarfed down some cookies.

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snarf

(snɑːf)

informal to eat or drink greedily

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snarf - make off with belongings of others

cabbage, filch, pilfer, purloin, swipe, abstract, nobble, pinch, sneak, hook, lift

steal - take without the owner's consent; "Someone stole my wallet on the train"; "This author stole entire paragraphs from my dissertation"

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