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Discover Ludwig"nabbed" is a correct and usable word in written English
It is an informal verb meaning to capture or take someone or something into custody, usually by surprise. For example: "The police nabbed the suspect before he could escape."
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He drops some contesting declarations over a steamed-up astutely nabbed Dre beat.
Javed Ahmadi had already fenced a catch to Clarke at second slip off Josh Hazlewood – and despite a handy fourth-wicket stand between Nawroz Mangal and Samiullah Shenwari, until the Australia captain nabbed the latter's wicket in a rare spell of his left-arm spin.
Returning home via the notoriously captivating Settle-Carlisle line, we had stocked up with copious treats, nabbed a table and were tucking into a magnificent spread while the snowclad Pennine hills slipped past us, their milky slopes as one with a pure white sky.
North ruckman Ben Brown and debutant Mason Wood nabbed three goals each, while livewire Kayne Turner kicked four majors.
Last year, Ruffalo nabbed a much-deserved Golden Globe nomination for his performance in this powerful HBO movie about the rise of HIV in 80s New York.
He despairs of the local police in Guiyang, who have not nabbed the kidnapping kingpins.
This is the third occasion in recent months that an al-Qaeda terrorist has been nabbed in the house of a Jamaat activist or supporter.
In the event, Mr Mann was nabbed in Zimbabwe, en route to the target island, before he and his 69 not-so-merry men had even taken off on the last leg of their invasion journey.
With the help of their Malaysian counterparts, they had nabbed Mr James Raj in Kuala Lumpur on November 4th, the day before the fizzled protest in Singapore.But a fresh wave of attacks struck government websites on November 5th, even with the Messiah-suspect languishing in jail.
Three of the 53 nabbed in France live barely a grenade's throw from a sparkling new 80,000-seat stadium in Paris's northern suburbs, where nine matches, including the final, are to be played.A fortnight earlier, an unexploded bomb had been found in front of France Télécom's offices in Paris's north-east.
But in this case the system wasn't working, and I had to dash around the corner to St James's Square where I nabbed the very last space.All this dashing, coupled with a muggy London morning, meant that when I did get to the office I was, shall we say, glowing ("Glowing the office out," commented one colleague, somewhat harshly).
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