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be nicked
noun
A small cut in a surface. A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment. A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution.
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The first checks to doctors and others who care for Medicare patients will also be nicked.
"Guys are going to be sore, guys are going to be nicked up.
4. Don't buy insurance Worried your iPad/bike/phone will be nicked?
Whether this effort succeeds in Congress or not, landlords are unlikely to be nicked by this tax reform.
Justebikes have only known one to be nicked in eight years – and it was returned four days later.
But there will be "no bubble zone" around the site; drug-dealers loitering there will be nicked.
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It's an idea I shall be nicking for dinner parties.
"People would be nicking drug-related stuff like duvet covers.
Right - you're nicked!
You're nicked".
Oi, PC Nancyboy, you're nicked!
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