nabverb [ T ]
uk/næb/us/næb/-bb- informalto take something suddenly, or to catch or arrest a criminal:
Undercover police officers nabbed the men at the airport.
Someone nabbed my apple when I wasn't looking!
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Taking things away from someone or somewhere
- appropriate
- confiscate
- cream sth/sb off
- de-
- debug
- denude
- drain
- impound
- infringe on/upon sth
- knock
- knock sth out of sb
- off with sth idiom
- relieve
- shelf
- suck
- suck sb/sth dry idiom
- sweep
- take sth out
- tow
- tow-away
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Arresting & charging
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