nab
verb [T] /næb/ (-bb-) informalDefinition
› 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!Taking things away from someone or somewhereRemoving and getting rid of thingsArresting and chargingStealing
(Definition of nab verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- appropriate verb (TAKE)
- confiscate verb
- cream sth/sb off phrasal verb
- de- prefix
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- denude verb
- expropriate verb
- get sth off (sth) phrasal verb
- impound verb
- infringe on/upon sth phrasal verb
- knock sth out of sb phrasal verb
- root sth/sb out phrasal verb (GET RID OF)
- rout sb out phrasal verb
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- seizure noun (TAKING)
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- strip sb of sth phrasal verb
- suck sb/sth dry idiom
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