nab
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To capture or seize someone who has done something illegal.
The police nabbed the thief as he was trying to escape.
警察在小偷试图逃跑时抓住了他。
To take something that belongs to someone else without permission.
I can't find my pencil; someone must have nabbed it.
我找不到我的铅笔了,一定是有人拿走了。