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nab

/nab/US // næb //UK // (næb) //

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    nabbed, nab·bing.Informal.

    • : to arrest or capture.
    • : to catch or seize, especially suddenly.
    • : to snatch or steal.

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Examples

  • By a large margin, it's the youngest women they believe they can plausibly nab.

  • It took British authorities years to nab Altaf Hussain, the infamous Pakistani cult/party leader.

  • This is not the first time the site has been willing to dole out big bucks to nab public figures.

  • I know how hard it is to even try and nab Bill for an interview—going through his lawyer, etc.—so how did you corral him?

  • There were plenty of armed and uniformed posse members helping out or looking for unauthorized immigrants to nab.

  • The day is one that will long be remembered by those who took part in the trips round the Nab.

  • When you nab them, you feel as if they hadn't a fair show; it hardly seems a sporting proposition.

  • One knows these gentlemen the Parisian police: how they cry a wolf and then go out and nab some stray puppy in the street.

  • Down below, Nab runs out a bare black arm into the sea, which even in the calmest weather angrily foams along the windward side.

  • Judging it correctly, he turned his back and ran; then, whirling about just in time, put up a single hand to nab the ball.