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nab
Part of speech: VerbTo catch or seize unexpectedly.
Part of speech: Past tenseNabbed.
Part of speech: Past participleNabbing.
Usage examples "nab":- His third victim was the Nab of Arkiko. - "A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia With Some Account of the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People", Henry Blanc.
- But before I could do that, I had to find a railroad, and I didn't dare go Millau- way, I thought, because the chances were the gendarmes would be waiting there to nab the first bird that blew in all covered with mud and carrying a bag full of diamonds. - "Alias The Lone Wolf", Louis Joseph Vance.
- " We've got 'em now," said Sam, triumphantly, as the first of the packages was taken on shore, " an' the sooner we nab both the better." - "The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair", James Otis.