Nab

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Synonyms for "nab" (78 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (16)

collar nick apprehend apprehension arrest arrestation arresting arrestment bag bobby bull

Verb(5 words)

cop fang nibble apprehend arrest

Strong matches (23)

bust cabbage capture catch clout clutch constable cop corner crook detain detention flatfoot fuzz get grab

Verb(7 words)

bust clinch cling collar fondle get grabble

Related words (39)

grapple grasp heat heist hook make a pinch nail nip paddy peeler pick pick up pickup pig pillage pinch pocket policeman prig pull

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pull in put under arrest run in seize snake snatch steal swipe take take in take into custody take prisoner

Verb(7 words)

grasp hold hold on nail nick pick up seize

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

6 entries

clutch prehend seize tag take hold take hold of

Synonyms

2 entries

collar nick

derived

7 entries

hab or nab kidnap nab the rust nabber nabman tabnabbing unnabbed

etymologically related_to

5 entries

knab knap knob knop nap

has context

3 entries

banking baseball locksmithing

manner of

2 entries

seize tag

related to

14 entries

arrest box cock criminal custody eminence fugitive grab gunlock keeper lock seize snatch summit

Translations

24 translations across 11 languages.

Armenian

2 entries

հանցանքի տեղում բռնել verb (to seize a criminal)
հանցանքի տեղում ձերբակալել verb (to seize a criminal)

Bulgarian

3 entries

арестувам verb (to seize a criminal)
залавям verb (to seize a criminal)
отмъквам verb (to grab or snatch)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

逮捕 verb (to seize a criminal)

Czech

4 entries

lapnout verb (to grab or snatch)
sbalit verb (to seize a criminal)
sebrat verb (to seize a criminal)
čapnout verb (to seize a criminal)

Dutch

1 entries

oppakken verb (to seize a criminal)

French

2 entries

choper verb (to grab or snatch)
pogner verb (to grab or snatch)

German

2 entries

schnappen verb (to seize a criminal)
schnappen verb (to grab or snatch)

Russian

4 entries

схвати́ть verb (to seize a criminal)
схвати́ть verb (to grab or snatch)
хвата́ть verb (to seize a criminal)
хвата́ть verb (to grab or snatch)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

uhapsiti verb (to seize a criminal)
ухапсити verb (to seize a criminal)

Swedish

1 entries

haffa verb (to seize a criminal)

Ukrainian

2 entries

схо́плювати verb (to seize a criminal)
схопи́ти verb (to seize a criminal)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Slow down. Cops like to nab people up there.

Source: tatoeba (10547479)

Government agencies have increased patrols to nab those behind the crimes.

Source: tatoeba (11564863)

As I was going out of the door, a fellow detective came hurriedly in. "Nabbed them," cried he.

Source: wiktionary

Their target: a drug kingpin who reportedly keeps millions of dollars in his fortress of a compound. Pope has been working for years to nab this baddie, and sincerely wants to stop his reign of terror,)

Source: wiktionary

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