nab
see also: NAB
Pronunciation Verb

nab (nabs, present participle nabbing; past and past participle nabbed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
    • 1887, Anna Katharine Green, 7 to 12, A Detective Story, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 2:
      As I was going out of the door, a fellow detective came hurriedly in. "Nabbed them," cried he.
  2. (informal, transitive) To grab or snatch something.
Synonyms
  • (arrest a criminal or fugitive) nick, bust
Translations Translations Noun

nab (plural nabs)

  1. The summit of an eminence.
  2. The cock of a gunlock.
  3. (locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.

NAB
Proper noun
  1. (banking) Initialism of National Australia Bank
  2. Initialism of National Association of Broadcasters



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