nab

Plural: nabs

Verb

Verb Forms: nabbed, nabbing, nabs

To catch or arrest someone, often suddenly.
tag the base runner to get him out
take into custody
- "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"
seize suddenly
To seize, arrest or take into custody (a criminal or fugitive).
To grab or snatch something.
To steal or copy another user's post.

Noun

The summit of a hill.
The cock of a gunlock.
The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.

Examples

He tried to nab an extra turn, but the rules caught him.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

apprehend, arrest, collar, cop, nail, pick up, bust, nick

Scrabble Score: 5

nab: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
nab: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nab: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

nab: valid Words With Friends Word