The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word GRAB
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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B
More clues leading to the result GRAB
- Seize hold of Greek sailor
- Seize rabbit outside run
- Claim runs in game, after reverse
- Get hands on eastern coaster to chatter about river
- Bag snatch
- Attract the attention of some passing rabbis
- Arrest the predecessors of HSBC
- Snatch gear, after change of heart
- Appropriate dress if middle’s out of shape
- Seize yak carrying leader of rebels
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The straight part
We know that "Bag/snatch" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bag/snatch = grab.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GRAB mean?
GRAB noun- A sudden snatch at something.
- An acquisition by violent or unjust means.
- A mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
- A sound bite.
- That which is seized.
- A simple card game.
- To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
- To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
- To restrain someone; to arrest.
- To grip the attention of; to enthrall or interest.
- To quickly collect or retrieve.
- To consume something quickly.
- To take the opportunity of.
- A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.