nab

transitive verb nabbed, nabbing

1. to seize suddenly; snatch or steal
2. to arrest or catch (a felon or wrongdoer)

Origin: < thieves' slang (16th-17th c.) prob. var. of dial. nap, to snatch < Scand, as in Dan nappe, Swed nappa, to snatch

1. naval air base
2. New American Bible