verb (-bb-) [VN] (informal)
1 to catch or arrest sb who is doing sth wrong
SYNCOLLAR:
He was nabbed by the police for speeding.
2 to take or get sth:
Who's nabbed my drink?
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for nab is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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