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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.
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Origin of nab
1675–85; earlier nap; perhaps <Scandinavian; compare Danish nappe,Norwegian, Swedish nappa to snatch
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nabber, nounWords nearby nab
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British Dictionary definitions for nab
nab
/ (næb) /
verb nabs, nabbing or nabbed (tr) informal
to arrest
to catch (someone) in wrongdoing
to seize suddenly; snatch
Word Origin for nab
C17: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish nappe, Swedish nappa to snatch. See kidnap
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