nab

Verb
Synonyms: collarnailapprehendarrestpick upcop

WordNet 3.0

Verb (3)

  1. tag the base runner to get him out
  2. take into custody“the police nabbed the suspected criminals”Synonyms: collarnailapprehendarrestpick upcop
  3. seize suddenly
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Nab \Nab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nabbed (n[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Nabbing.] [Dan nappe, or Sw. nappa.]

1.To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly. [Colloq.] --Smollett. [1913 Webster]

2.To capture; to arrest; as, the police nabbed the culprit wtrying to hide in the basement. [PJC]

Nab \Nab\ (n[a^]b), n. [Cf. Knap, Knop, Knob.]

1.The summit of an eminence. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

2.(Firearms) The cock of a gunlock. --Knight. [1913 Webster]

3.(Locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot. --Knight. [1913 Webster]

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