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Verb: nab (nabbed,nabbing) nab
Usage: informal

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]
Quickly grab, take or steal
"he nabbed the best seats"
Catch someone doing something wrong
(baseball) tag the base runner to get him out

Derived forms: nabbed, nabbing, nabs

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

Encyclopedia: Nab

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