nabbed

Variant of nab

nab definition

nab (nab)

transitive verb nabbed, nabbing nab′·bing

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

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

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