porywać — meaning in English

English meaning

• disappear verb To vanish from sight; to stop being visible.
• grab verb To take hold of something suddenly and firmly.
• kidnap verb To unlawfully seize and hold a person captive, often to demand a ransom.

Senses

porywać is used for these senses in English:

• disappear (transitive, often, euphemistic) To make vanish; especially, to abduct or murder for political reasons.
• grab (intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
• kidnap (transitive) To seize or detain a person unlawfully and move or conceal them; sometimes for ransom. [from 17th c.]

disappear — full definition

1. verb To vanish from sight; to stop being visible.
2. verb To go missing, especially suddenly and without explanation.
3. verb (transitive, informal) To make someone vanish, especially by abducting or killing them for political reasons.

grab — full definition

1. verb To take hold of something suddenly and firmly.
2. verb To quickly get or take something, often in passing.
3. verb To strongly capture someone's attention or interest.
4. noun A sudden attempt to seize or take something.

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