It took British authorities years to nab Altaf Hussain, the infamous Pakistani cult/party leader.
This is not the first time the site has been willing to dole out big bucks to nab public figures.
I know how hard it is to even try and nab Bill for an interview—going through his lawyer, etc.—so how did you corral him?
There were plenty of armed and uniformed posse members helping out or looking for unauthorized immigrants to nab.
Police hope to catch the attacker by using the same science that allowed them to nab the suspected ‘Grim Sleeper’ serial killer.
At all events, I don't mean to let the 'coppers' nab me this time.
Oh, I do hope that the constables get here in time to nab Mr. Fits.
We'll probably beat you to Skiddyunk, but if we don't, nab 'em if they get on.
So, all I had to do was to wait and nab 'em when they came ashore.
We've got to find where that is and get the secret service men there in time to nab them.
"to catch (someone)," 1680s, probably a variant of dialectal nap "to seize, catch, lay hold of" (1670s, now surviving only in kidnap), which possibly is from Scandinavian (cf. Norwegian nappe, Swedish nappa "to catch, snatch;" Danish nappe "to pinch, pull"); reinforced by Middle English napand "grasping, greedy." Related: Nabbed; nabbing.
noun
(also nabs) A police officer or detective (1950s+ Street gang)
verb
To catch; seize; arrest; collar: The officers nabbed him around the corner (1686+)
[fr dialect nap as in kidnap, perhaps related to Swedish nappa, ''catch,'' or Danish nappe, ''pull''; probably related to nip; the noun sense is recorded in British criminal slang by 1813]
