μάρπτειν

From LSJ

λέγεις, ἃ δὲ λέγεις ἕνεκα τοῦ λαβεῖν λέγεις → you speak, but you say what you say for the sake of gain (Menander, fr. 776)

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also: μάρπτω) seize, snatch, carry off