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Definition of nabbed : of Nab

Synonyms:

commandeered, usurped, harvested, gathered, procured, bagged, abducted, gotten, captured, acquired, grabbed, annexed, caught, amassed, levied, reaped, taken, appropriated, impounded, confiscated, collected

got, deprived, took, monopolized

Usage examples:

• He did that, and if I hadn't edged away to see better inter the cover he'd a nabbed me- for bymby I saw he'd gone, and on follering on the spoor I seed where he'd turned back. - "Tales from the Veld", Ernest Glanville.
• It was evident Jim did not relish the idea of leaving everything to his companion, and the latter so understood the expression on his friend's face, for he said, angrily: " You're cookin' up some foolish scheme now, an' in spite of all I can do to prevent it we'll probably succeed in gettin' nabbed before matters are arranged as they should be." - "The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair", James Otis.
• McGillan was to keep everybody away from them; and he, or Royal, was to always remain at headquarters to let the boys off if they got nabbed. - "The Spiritualists and the Detectives", Allan Pinkerton.