This is the 13944th most frequent Polish word.
porwał
"Porwał" means "he/it kidnapped" or "he/it grabbed."
The verb 'porwał' is used to indicate a sudden, forceful taking of the newspaper.
Porwał gazetę ze stołu i wyszedł.
He snatched the newspaper from the table and left.
Here, 'porwał' describes the act of the wind moving the leaves with force.
Wiatr porwał liście i poniósł je daleko.
The wind carried away the leaves and blew them far away.
In this sentence, 'porwał' conveys an act of capturing or seizing something forcibly, in this case, a ship.