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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
nab
    v 1: tag the base runner to get him out
    2: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected
       criminals" [syn: collar, nail, apprehend, arrest,
       pick up, nab, cop]
    3: seize suddenly

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nab \Nab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nabbed (n[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb.
   n. Nabbing.] [Dan nappe, or Sw. nappa.]
   1. To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly. [Colloq.]
      --Smollett.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To capture; to arrest; as, the police nabbed the culprit
      wtrying to hide in the basement.
      [PJC]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Nab \Nab\ (n[a^]b), n. [Cf. Knap, Knop, Knob.]
   1. The summit of an eminence. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Firearms) The cock of a gunlock. --Knight.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is
      shot. --Knight.
      [1913 Webster]

4. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)
NAB
       National Association of Broadcasters (org., USA)
       

5. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)
NAB
       Netware Asynchronous Board (Novell, Netware)
       

Thesaurus Results for Nab:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
apprehend, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, bobby, bull, bust, cabbage, capture, catch, clout, clutch, collar, constable, cop, detain, detention, flatfoot, fuzz, grab, grapple, heat, hook, make a pinch, nail, nick, nip, paddy, peeler, pick up, pickup, pinch, pull in, put under arrest, run in, snatch, take, take in, take into custody, take prisoner
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