Today’s “Word of the Day” is snaffle and it is a verb meaning “take something quickly for oneself, seize something quickly & easily, obtain something dishonestly & greedily, misappropriate”.
Example Sentence: Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja, popularly known as Shailaja Teacher, put her finger in the dyke, metaphorically speaking, knowing that if the dyke (dam) broke a far greater disaster would ensue (occur). For that, Vogue India named her its leader of the year last month, an honour she says she shares with her predominantly female workforce. She is still waiting for reinforcements (support) in the form of a vaccine, stocks of which the richer countries are busy snaffling. But that’s another story.
This word is present in The Guardian article How KK Shailaja and her ‘Covid brigade’ won a victory against the virus and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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