Carried off local chest and collection (8)
I believe the answer is:
snatched
'carried off local' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'chest and collection' is the wordplay.
'collection' indicates an anagram (the same collection of letters).
'chest'+'and'='chestand'
'chestand' is an anagram of 'SNATCHED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for snatched that I've seen before include "Grabbed or kidnapped" , "Stole" , "Seized or kidnapped" , "Seized suddenly" , "Grasped or abducted" .)