nab

(næb)

1. tv. to arrest someone. (see also nabbed.) I knew they would nab him sooner or later.

2. and nabber n. a police officer; a cop. There’s a nabber at the door who wants to talk to you.

nabbed

mod. caught by the police; arrested. She’s down at the police station. She’s nabbed.

n. a policeman. Watch out for Uncle nab. He’s been asking about you.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aintzane	-	Basque
Donnchadh	-	Scottish, Irish
Mabel	['mæbəl]
Rosalyn	ROZ-ə-lin	English
Paulos	-	Biblical Greek
Martin	MAHR-tən (English), mar-TEN (French), MAHR-teen (German, Finnish), MAHR-tin (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish), MAWR-teen (Hungarian), mahr-TIN (Bulgarian)	English, French, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Russian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croa