snare v.
1. (US tramp) to entice a boy into tramping; thus snaring n.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Tramping with Tramps 397: SNARE: to entice a boy into tramp life. | |
| Gay-cat 303: Jocker—a tramp who trains, and protects a boy from persecution by others, until he is a regular stiff. The act of enticing the boy into the life is called ‘snaring,’ and the person doing it a ‘snare’. | |
| Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). |
2. (US tramp) to arrest.
| Memphis Dly Appeal (TN) 12 Mar. 3/3: ‘Where’s Mr Niles?’ asked one. ‘He’s snared,’ said another’. | |
| ‘The Road’ in Jack London Reports (1970) 311–21: Attempt to translate this : – De bull snared me; got a t’ree hour blin’ [...] he (fly) (bull) (policeman) arrested me and the judge gave me three hours in which to leave town. | |
| et al. DAUL 200/1: Snare, v. [...] 2. To arrest. |
3. (Aus.) to obtain, to grab, to win.
| ‘And ’Frisco Kid Came Back’ in High School Aegis X (4 Nov.) 2–4: We’re did I snare me good ogs? Well, it’s dis way. | |
| Artie (1963) 29: I’ve told you, ain’t I, how I snared her away from him? | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Oct. 44/2: There is no hint as to whether a Wagnerian Marianne or one with a profound knowledge of (say) Brahms, will have the better chance of snaring the 10 bob a week job. | |
| (con. WWI) Gloss. Sl. [...] in the A.I.F. 1921–1924 (rev. t/s) n.p.: snare. Acquire; steal. | |
| ‘Argot of the Vagabond’ in AS II:9 391: High-grade, promote, clout, snare and glahm are synonymous verbs and mean to take what does not legally belong to one. | |
| Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). | |
| et al. DAUL 200/1: Snare, v. 1. To acquire adroitly by thievery. | |
![[NZ]](/static/img/flags/nz.png "New Zealand") | Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 105/2: snare seize, win; from snaring animals. | |
| Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. 194: snare To win or seize, as one might snare a snarler or sausage. ANZ late C19. | |
| (con. 1962) Enchanters 54: I snared the payroll at [safety deposit] Box #1. |