Snatchers

Snatchers are members of an organisation formed by Lord Voldemort when he seized control of the Ministry of Magic in the summer of 1996. The purpose of these Snatchers is unclear, although it seems that one of the duties they were created for the rounding up of Muggle Borns, or Mudbloods. They also responed to the alert caused by speaking the Dark Lord's name, which led them into direct contact with Harry Potter, or Undesirable No. 1, and his friends.

Ultimately, the Snatchers were a militia formed from wizards less able and competent than the Dark Lord's elite Death Eaters and led by 'pack leaders' like Fenrir Greyback. Their inferiority to the Death Eaters can clearly be seen when a group of Snatchers arrives at Malfoy Manor with Undesirable No. 1 and his collaborators. Despite outnumbering the Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange four to one, they were ignominiously defeated and fled the manor.

It is likely that skilled Snatchers were appointed as Death Eaters, as this seems to fit in perfectly with Lord Voldemort s