nab
nab
- v tag the base runner to get him out
- v take into custody
the police nabbed the suspected criminals - v seize suddenly
- After chasing him for two years, the FBI has nabbed Kevin Mitnick -- America's most wanted computer hacker.
- The Numerati are also behind the algorithms that drive matchmaking websites, the National Security Agency's work to nab terrorists before they strike and, increasingly, the cutting .
- When information from the Canadian investigators helped nab Cuntrera in Spain, for example, the Italian press publicly took note--and blew some of Ottawa's cover.