transcription, транскрипция: [ næb ]
( nabs, nabbing, nabbed)
If people in authority such as the police nab someone who they think has done something wrong, they catch them or arrest them. ( INFORMAL )
He killed 12 people before the authorities finally nabbed him...
Soon he was back in the armed robbery business. Again, he got nabbed.
= collar
VERB : V n , get V-ed