Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - nab
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Nab
nab
(nabs, nabbing, nabbed) If people in authority such as the police nab someone who they think has done something wrong, they catch them or arrest them. (INFORMAL) He killed 12 people before the authorities finally nabbed him... Soon he was back in the armed robbery business. Again, he got nabbed. = collar VERB: V n, get V-ed
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transitive verb (~bed; ~bing) Etymology: perhaps alteration of English dialect nap Date: 1686 1. to catch or seize in arrest ; apprehend 2. to seize suddenly ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. (nabbed, nabbing) sl. 1 arrest; catch in wrongdoing. 2 seize, grab. Etymology: 17th c., also napp, as in KIDNAP: orig. unkn. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1. шотл. гребень (горы); пик, вершина 2. спец. подводный риф 3. схватить, арестовать, задержать; поймать на месте преступления 4. вырвать (сумочку и т. п.); цапнуть, украсть, стащить ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) поймать, схватить на месте преступления 2) арестовать 3) украсть, стащить Syn: see capture NAB National Association of Broadcasters noun Национальная ассоциация дикторов ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ v nabbed, nabbing informal 1 to catch someone doing something illegal; arrest1 (1) 2 to get something quickly (See if you can nab a seat.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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lab. abbr. Neutralizing Antibody U.S. gov. abbr. No Accountability Bureau U.S. gov. abbr. North American Board chemis. abbr. Native Acrylamide Bis funny abbr. Not About Broadcasting softw. abbr. Notes Address Book softw. abbr. Novell Address Book media abbr. National Association of Broadcasters non-prof. org. abbr. National Aquarium in Baltimore religion abbr. The New American Bishops religion abbr. New American Bible NYSE symbols National Australia Bank, LTD. firm name abbr. National Australia Bank firm name abbr. National Association Of Broadcasters firm name abbr. North American Business ...English abbreviation dictionary
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- 1686, from nap, as in kidnap, possibly from Scand. (cf. Norw. nappe "to catch, snatch;" Swed. nappa; Dan. nappe "to pinch, pull"), reinforced by M.E. napand "grasping, greedy." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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