something stolen from someone in a rapid or violent way, with the thief running off with that object (see Molina)
Alonso de Molina:
tlatlatlalochtilli. cosa arrebatada y robada delque luego da a huir con ella. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 139v. col. 1. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.