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be nabbed

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To seize, arrest or take into custody a criminal or fugitive

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On Monday, decades-long bragging rights could be nabbed.

Nor will it benefit your friend to be nabbed with faked papers.

His bookmaking business had grown so prosperous that it seemed only a matter of time before he would be nabbed.

Neog denies orchestrating the attack or taking any part in it, apart from filming it "so that the perpetrators can be nabbed".

Bankers prefer the elephant seal theory: the humongous bonus packages are essential to attract top executives who otherwise would be nabbed by a rival.

But the money raised from a partial sell-off would run out pretty fast and is quite likely to be nabbed by the Treasury first.

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Our children, and our children's children, are nabbed too.

A British policeman is nabbed for selling Springsteen bootlegs.

It sounds like the streaker has been nabbed.

They were nabbed, police claim, for spreading false rumours.

Now they win them when yet another leader is nabbed.

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