nick

/nɪk/ verb [T]

Definition

STEAL UK informal › to steal something: She got caught nicking CDs from Smith's.

CATCH UK informal › If the police nick someone, they catch that person because they have committed a crime: [often passive] He got nicked for handling stolen goods.

CUT › to make a small cut in something without intending to: He nicked himself shaving.

(Definition of nick verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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