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.
警察は、その泥棒が逃げようとしたときに逮捕しました。
To take something that belongs to someone else without permission.
I can't find my pencil; someone must have nabbed it.
鉛筆が見当たらない。誰かが持っていったに違いない。