nab.
To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
Meaning & usage
To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
To grab or snatch something.
To steal or copy another user's post.
Where this word comes from
From dialectal nap (“to seize, lay hold of”), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Swedish nappa (“to pluck, pinch”). Related to Danish nappe (“to tweak, snatch at, catch, seize”), Swedish nappa (“to take, grab, pinch”), Norwegian Bokmål nappe (“to grab, snatch, pluck, yank”).
The summit of a hill.
The cock of a gunlock.
The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.
Where this word comes from
Compare knap, knop, knob.
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