nabbed

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verb (used with object), nabbed, nab·bing. Informal.

to arrest or capture.

to catch or seize, especially suddenly.

to snatch or steal.

Origin:
1675–85; earlier nap; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Danish nappe, Norwegian, Swedish nappa to snatch

Related forms

nab·ber, noun

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nab (næb)

—vb , nabs, nabbing, nabbed
1.	to arrest
2.	to catch (someone) in wrongdoing
3.	to seize suddenly; snatch

[C17: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish nappe, Swedish nappa to snatch. See kidnap]

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Word Origin & History

nab

"to catch (someone), 1686, probably a variant of dial. nap "to seize, catch, lay hold of" (1673, now surviving only in kidnap), which is possibly from Scand. (cf. Norw. nappe "to catch, snatch;" Swed. nappa; Dan. nappe "to pinch, pull"), reinforced by M.E. napand "grasping, greedy."

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Slang Dictionary

nab definition

[næb]

tv.
to arrest someone. (See also nabbed.) : I knew they would nab him sooner or later.
n.
and nabber. a police officer; a cop. : There's a nabber at the door who wants to talk to you.

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nabbed definition

mod.
caught by the police; arrested. : She's down at the police station. She's nabbed.

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NAB

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Example sentences

Now there are few big network airlines left to be nabbed.

The other is that the scam is so good you'll never be nabbed.

We nabbed the top of the chimney and came back up with a chunk of sulfide in a

box, she says.

But its new employees were of high quality, even though it might have nabbed a

few better candidates by waiting.

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