snaffle

verb

1. （尤指抢先）攫取，偷窃
   to take sth quickly for yourself, especially before anyone else has had the time or opportunity

1. (马的)嚼子;马衔铁
   A snaffle is an object consisting of two short joined bars of metal that is put in a horse's mouth and attached to the straps that the rider uses to control the horse.
2. VERB 偷窃;扒取;攫取
   If you snaffle something, you take it for yourself.
   1. Michael Stich then proceeded to snaffle the $2 million first prize.
      接着，迈克尔·斯蒂克又一举拿下了两百万美元的头奖。

1. Michael Stich then proceeded to snaffle the$ 2 million first prize.
   接着，迈克尔·斯蒂克又一举拿下了两百万美元的头奖。
2. Finding a Chinese buyer to snaffle Rio looks, in comparison, a much more appealing outcome.
   相比之下，找一个中国买家将力拓据为己有，是一个更具吸引力的结果。
3. You put a snaffle bit on her before she brings the whole thing down.
   她把所有事搞砸之前你得给她戴上马嚼子。
4. The main contact with the horse's mouth must be through the snaffle bit.
   与马嘴主要的接触一定是在小口衔。
5. Indeed, far from liquidating assets, the chat over banquets in Shanghai and Beijing is how to snaffle bigger bargains overseas.
   事实上，在上海和北京举行的宴会上，人们所谈论的话题远非资产清算，而是如何到海外攫取更便宜的资产。
6. These deals ticked all the right boxes: fat income streams for bankers, cash for riskier borrowers who lacked track records, and high-yielding assets for hedge funds to snaffle up.
   做这些交易的理由很充分：给银行家带来可观的收入流，为那些缺乏过往记录、风险较高的借款人带来现金，同时给对冲基金带来可供操控的高收益资产。
7. A whip for a horse, and a snaffle for an ass, and a rod for the back of fools.
   马需要皮鞭，驴需要辔头，愚昧人的脊背需要棍棒。

noun

1. a simple jointed bit for a horse

   Synonym:    snaffle bit

verb

1. fit or restrain with a snaffle
   1. snaffle a horse

2. get hold of or seize quickly and easily
   1. I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale

   Synonym:    snap upgrab