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Meanings of nab in English

Portuguese
apreender
Catalan
agafar
Spanish
clavar

Take into custody.

apreender
Portuguese
nab
Spanish
nab

Cell line.

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Usage of nab in English
1
Companies have scrambled to nab talent, with recruiters scouring far and wide.
Reuters
2
It's often trivial for attackers to nab the keys to the kingdom.
Wired
3
The Greens will also likely nab another MP to get to 10.
News.com.au
4
Visit Triumvir's web store starting Sept. 7 to nab the discounted tees.
Wired
5
That ought to slow it down enough for us to nab it.
The Big Bounce
6
And those guards could nab Assange before he ever reached a car.
Wired
7
Both built newsrooms to burnish their legitimacy and nab even more dollars.
Reuters
8
But that doesn't mean Yahoo won't nab a chunk of Google's glory.
Reuters
9
They knew he was here, but not accurately enough to nab him.
For Love Of Evil
10
But we'll nab them if we have to scour the whole country.
Tom Swift and His Airship
11
No rushing through the doors, no desperate scramble to nab a bargain.
News.com.au
12
Trappers nab them, kill them, and send them to Barton and Jones.
Wired
13
Anyone can nab someone, but can they keep their mouth shut afterward?
Ransom
14
Each time the authorities nab a site, another takes its place.
Wired
15
You've wanted to nab them for a long time, haven't you?
The illuminatus! trilogy
16
I just hope we can nab him before he begins his next project.
The sculptor
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Australia
Common
United States of America
Rare
United Kingdom
Rare