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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nab.

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Examples

  • This might feel similar to a bit of a unwashed peepshow, but check out a sensuous-smooth character of her unwrapping (photos nabbed from a Daily Mails screen squeeze collection):

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  • This might feel similar to a bit of a unwashed peepshow, but check out a sensuous-smooth character of her unwrapping (photos nabbed from a Daily Mails screen squeeze collection):

    BABEWATCH: Obama Girl In Red Coat | DISGRASIAN admin 2009

  • The plot was hardly nabbed from the Matrix since The Mutant Chronicles predates The Matrix by a substantial number of years.

    Must Watch: Thomas Jane's Mutant Chronicles Teaser Trailer « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • I'm not quite sure what to make of this ... but I'd rather be seen with this on my line than gettin nabbed while flingin corn.

    Funny or Stupid: The Triple Whammy Tim Romano 2008

  • While a tag nabbed Ortiz, heads-up baserunning saw Norris slip into third while Hosmer took second on the fielder's choice.

    OurSports Central Baseball News 2010

  • While a tag nabbed Ortiz, heads-up baserunning saw Norris slip into third while Hosmer took second on the fielder's choice.

    Minor League Baseball News - MLN - The Raw Feed Melissa Martinez 2010

  • "Three Wise Men," which screened in Toronto; and Aureus Solito's "The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros" were among the titles nabbed by Arab Media Group.

    Variety.com 2008

  • Just when you think you’ve nabbed a terrorist, what you’ve really nabbed is a radioactive fish.

    How to Get a Nuclear Bomb 2006

  • Just when you think you’ve nabbed a terrorist, what you’ve really nabbed is a radioactive fish.

    How to Get a Nuclear Bomb 2006

  • In the October issue of Junk, we featured a Malaysian band called nabbed the boys for one of their sessions.

    Junk - Latest Happenings 2008

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