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verb
- 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.
The meaning of NAB is to catch or seize in arrest : apprehend. How to use 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.
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.
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.
tr.v. nabbed, nab·bing, nabs Informal. 1. To seize (a fugitive or wrongdoer); arrest. 2. To grab; snatch. [Perhaps variant of dialectal nap, to seize, probably of Scandinavian origin .] nab′ber n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Definition of nab verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
