transitive verb. To seize (a fugitive or wrongdoer); arrest.

transitive verb. To grab; snatch.

To catch or seize suddenly or by a sudden thrust and grasp

noun. The summit of a mountain or rock; any piece of rising ground: same as knob .

noun. The cock of a gun-lock.

noun. A projecting box screwed to the jamb of a door, or to one door of a pair, to receive the latch or bolt, or both, of a rim-lock.

noun. A hat; a head-covering.

noun. The summit of an eminence.

noun. The cock of a gunlock.

noun. The keeper, or box into which the lock is shot.

transitive verb. To catch or seize suddenly or unexpectedly.

transitive verb. To capture; to arrest.

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

verb. To grab or snatch something

verb. tag the base runner to get him out

verb. take into custody

verb. seize suddenly

"The word nabî 'expresses more especially a function."

kidnap  nabber  

clutch  prehend  seize  tag  

Ab  Bab  Crab  Crabbe  Fab  

apprehend  apprehension  arrest  arrest  arrestation  

nabbed  nabbing  

nabbed  nabbing  nabs