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Misdirection is also a good tactic. Don't just take the thing they shouldn't have, be ready with something else they can have. For a while I would do trades with my oldest "what do you have? Look what i have, can we trade?"
Also, just having safe equivalent items could help. We had these finger paints in squeeze bottles that we would let her play with. You could take old containers and fill them with safe stuff.
The first step though is just making sure that whatever they are snatching is out of reach to begin with.
Some "forbidden" items though might be fine. When she was curious about the kitchen cabinets, we made sure really dangerous stuff was out, but compromised on pots and pans. A few wooden spoons away from a noise session. Better then being strict about open cabinets, and sometimes it's just a desire to know "what's in here?", and once they know, they're over it.