(rare) food, foodstuff

食べ物: food in general; a specific food; one's diet

食い物: food; a sexual partner; a patsy, someone tricked into being used for someone else's gain

食い物: to cook, to prepare food

(rare, possibly obsolete) 食らい物: food and beverage

(rare, possibly obsolete) 食み物: food; more specifically, fodder or feed for animals

(rare, possibly obsolete, formal honorific) 食し物: (rare) food and beverage

to grab / to grip / to take hold of

(idiomatic) to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to have evidence; to get a lead / to grab by the tail

(idiomatic) to grab (someone) by the collar