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Nab

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Verb

1. nab

tag the base runner to get him out

2. apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up

take into custody

Example Sentences:
'the police nabbed the suspected criminals'

3. nab

seize suddenly

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Nab

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verbWord forms: nabs, nabbing or nabbed (transitive) informal

1.

to arrest

2.

to catch (someone) in wrongdoing

3.

to seize suddenly; snatch

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Nab

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1.

naval air base

2.

New American Bible

verb transitiveWord forms: nabbed or ˈnabbing Informal

1.

to seize suddenly; snatch or steal

2.

to arrest or catch (a felon or wrongdoer)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Nab

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abbr.

New American Bible

tr.v. nabbed, nab·bing, nabs
Informal

1. To seize (a fugitive or wrongdoer); arrest.

2. To grab; snatch.

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