nab

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

nab
    v 1: tag the base runner to get him out
    2: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected
       criminals" [syn: {collar}, {nail}, {apprehend}, {arrest},
       {pick up}, {nab}, {cop}]
    3: seize suddenly

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Nab \Nab\ (n[a^]b), n. [Cf. {Knap}, {Knop}, {Knob}.]
   1. The summit of an eminence. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Firearms) The cock of a gunlock. --Knight.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Locksmithing) The keeper, or box into which the lock is
      shot. --Knight.
      [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Nab \Nab\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Nabbed} (n[a^]bd); p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Nabbing}.] [Dan nappe, or Sw. nappa.]
   1. To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly. [Colloq.]
      --Smollett.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To capture; to arrest; as, the police nabbed the culprit
      wtrying to hide in the basement.
      [PJC]

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

NAB
       National Association of Broadcasters (org., USA)

from V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2006)

NAB
       Netware Asynchronous Board (Novell, Netware)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

41 Moby Thesaurus words for "nab":
      apprehend, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, bobby,
      bull, bust, cabbage, capture, catch, clout, clutch, collar,
      constable, cop, detain, detention, flatfoot, fuzz, grab, grapple,
      heat, hook, make a pinch, nail, nick, nip, paddy, peeler, pick up,
      pickup, pinch, pull in, put under arrest, run in, snatch, take,
      take in, take into custody, take prisoner

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