snagging

verb

To catch or tear (e.g. fabric) upon a rough surface or projection.
Be careful not to snag your stockings on that concrete bench!
To damage or sink (a vessel) by collision; said of a tree or branch fixed to the bottom of a navigable body of water and partially submerged or rising to just beneath the surface.
The steamboat was snagged on the Mississippi River in 1862.
To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target.
We snagged for spoonbill from the eastern shore of the Mississippi River.
To obtain or pick up (something).
Ella snagged a bottle of water from the fridge before leaving for her jog.
To stealthily steal with legerdemain prowess (something).
The smiling little girl snagged her phone while performing a dance; but now was far-off among the crowd.
To cut the snags or branches from, as the stem of a tree; to hew roughly.

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