1. Take into custody
   "the police nabbed the suspected criminals";
   - collar [informal], nail [informal], apprehend, arrest, pick up, cop [informal], pinch [Brit, informal], nick [Brit, informal]
    
2. Quickly grab, take or steal
   "he nabbed the best seats"
    
3. Catch someone doing something wrong
   "The police nabbed the thief as he was leaving the store"
    
4. (baseball) tag the base runner to get them out
   "The catcher nabbed the runner trying to steal home"

Derived forms: nabbing, nabbed, nabs

Type of: clutch, prehend [archaic], seize, tag, take hold, take hold of

Encyclopedia: Nab