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- 1. catch (someone) doing something wrong: informal "they recently nabbed a burglar inside the house he was ransacking"
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to take something suddenly, or to catch or arrest a criminal: Undercover police officers nabbed the men at the airport. Someone nabbed my apple when I wasn't looking! Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to find and take a person who has done something wrong. catch They were caught trying to smuggle cigarettes across the border.
1. : to catch or seize in arrest : apprehend. 2. : to seize suddenly. Synonyms. apprehend. arrest. bust [ slang] collar. nail. nick [ British slang] pick up. pinch. pull in. restrain. run in. seize. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of nab in a Sentence.
1. [ nab ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. verb (used with object) , Informal. , nabbed, nab·bing. to arrest or capture. to catch or seize, especially suddenly. to snatch or steal. NAB. 2. Also N.A.B. National Association of Broadcasters. New American Bible. nab. / næb / verb. to arrest. to catch (someone) in wrongdoing. to seize suddenly; snatch.
Definition of nab verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to take something suddenly, or to catch or arrest a criminal: Undercover police officers nabbed the men at the airport. Someone nabbed my apple when I wasn't looking! Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to find and take a person who has done something wrong. catch They were caught trying to smuggle cigarettes across the border.
If people in authority such as the police nab someone who they think has done something wrong, they catch them or arrest them. [ informal ] He killed 12 people before the authorities finally nabbed him.
When you nab someone, you catch the person in the act of doing something wrong. A police officer, for example, might say that she loves to nab shoplifters. You nab when you apprehend a bad guy, or when you suddenly grab something: "Hey, you can't just nab a slice of pizza off my plate!"
